Carl E. Moore: For Life Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness

When:
May 3, 2018 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
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Where:
Memphis Jewish Community Center
6560 Poplar Ave
Memphis, TN 38138
USA
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Carl E. Moore
Carl E. Moore: For Life Liberty and The Pursuit of Happiness @ Memphis Jewish Community Center |  |  |

Carl E. Moore
Exhibit: May 1–31

Artist’s Statement:
The work I’ve created over the last few years has dealt with identity and color. During this process my goal was to compare social ideologies about race, stereotypes, and belief systems to everyday colors and the perception of these colors in our environment. As part of my process, Black has always been a color of identity for Black people, Black American, African American, Negro etc. Just as White, for Caucasian or those of Anglo or European descent, Red as a color for Native Americans (Also deemed as inappropriate) and Brown for the Latino population. The color black has always had a negative representation for being compared to death, bad or poor quality and even race. I’ve taken the color black and placed it into the environment, and used it as part of the emotional conversation. The goal is to make the dialogue more about the artwork and the color of the characters, even though the characters are part of the narrative.