72” x 48”
Oil on canvas
2018
60” x 48”
Oil on canvas
2018
60” x 48”
Oil on canvas
2018
84" x 50"
Oil and mixed media on paper
2018
72” x 48”
Oil on canvas
2017
72” x 48”
Oil on canvas
2017
48” x 36”
Oil on canvas
2018
48” x 32”
Oil on canvas
2017
48” x 32”
Oil on canvas
2017
48” x 36”
Oil on canvas
2018
48” x 36”
Oil on canvas
2018
Charcoal and gold leaf on paper
53” x 48”
2018
“AMERICAN GODS: N/A” (2018)
Video
Duration: 3:31
American Gods: N/A (2018) is a mediation which examines the fallibility of Americana by placing blacks at the forefront of its narrative. Between three acts a mother mourns holding her fallen son evoking Michaelangelo’s Pietà, a diva sings a requiem (Lift Every Voice and Sing- The Black National Anthem) for America to an empty church and a group of five artists/activist dressed in all black dawn the masks of their philosophical counterparts. Using the American flag to tie these scenes together, American Gods: N/A addresses issues of gun violence against black males, the separation of church and state or the state as church and historical/contemporary black activism
Written and conceived by
TYLONN J. SAWYER
FILMED BY
JAMIN TOWNSELY
VOCALS BY
LASHAUN PHOENIX MOORE
SCHEHERAZADE WASHINGTON PARRISH
EVAN PARRISH
TAWANA PETTY
JOEL “FLUENT” GREENE
SYDNEY G. JAMES
NANDI COMER