Anne Bouie
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The Emissary Fear Not
Mixed-botanicals/acrylics/mortar 22 x 84 in., 2015
$2200
Mixed-botanicals/acrylics/mortar 22 x 84 in., 2015
$2200
The emissary asks us to be attuned to our inner selves and the ancestral linkages that have guided us individually and collectively. It is composed of fiber, botanicals, and organic mortar.
About The Artist
Artist Statement
My work acknowledges and incorporates the ancient, universal use of symbols, colors,placement, shapes, directions; the presence, sequence and quantity of any given combination of objects, artifacts and omponents in ways that are always intentional which can be experienced on many different levels by the viewer. My approach to making art acknowledges and honors synchronicity, observation, contemplation, and discernment as they manifest across cultures, time and space, and the role of art in teaching, healing and being a vital aspect of one’s life and as spiritual and physical beings
I am inspired by the natural symmetry and cycles of the Earth, and the ways in which relating to this vital force informed the perspectives and actions of those and who found sources of power, grace, and strength from one another and the Earth’s stories and lessons. As an intuitive artist, the narratives of southern folk artists who felt compelled to make a statement and share their vision have influenced the use of materials and
themes in my work. I reference the work of Betty Sayre, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Renee Stout and Martha Jackson-Jarvis; Michael Platt and Carol Beane have spurred me on my journey as well.
I employ a number of different objects in my compositions: oxidized metal, botanicals, wood—mostly old and discarded-- in all its various states, discarded objects, and found treasures. The search for and discovery of the materials is an important phase of the work.
Bio
Anne Bouie was born in Birmingham, Alabama, spent memorable and formative summers on her grandparents’ homestead Jackson County Florida, and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Riverside, California.
Bouie brings to her mixed-media assemblage work a process and style that is reflective of her desire to ground her work in tradition, while connecting it with contemporary settings and situation She seeks to explore and reinterpret perceptions of the collective and individual histories of Africans throughout the Diaspora.
She attended the University of California at Riverside, California, and earned a Ph.D. in Administration & Policy Analysis in Education, an M.A. in Secondary Education, and an M.A. in African-American History, all from Stanford University, and currently resides in the District of Columbia.
My work acknowledges and incorporates the ancient, universal use of symbols, colors,placement, shapes, directions; the presence, sequence and quantity of any given combination of objects, artifacts and omponents in ways that are always intentional which can be experienced on many different levels by the viewer. My approach to making art acknowledges and honors synchronicity, observation, contemplation, and discernment as they manifest across cultures, time and space, and the role of art in teaching, healing and being a vital aspect of one’s life and as spiritual and physical beings
I am inspired by the natural symmetry and cycles of the Earth, and the ways in which relating to this vital force informed the perspectives and actions of those and who found sources of power, grace, and strength from one another and the Earth’s stories and lessons. As an intuitive artist, the narratives of southern folk artists who felt compelled to make a statement and share their vision have influenced the use of materials and
themes in my work. I reference the work of Betty Sayre, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Renee Stout and Martha Jackson-Jarvis; Michael Platt and Carol Beane have spurred me on my journey as well.
I employ a number of different objects in my compositions: oxidized metal, botanicals, wood—mostly old and discarded-- in all its various states, discarded objects, and found treasures. The search for and discovery of the materials is an important phase of the work.
Bio
Anne Bouie was born in Birmingham, Alabama, spent memorable and formative summers on her grandparents’ homestead Jackson County Florida, and was raised in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to Riverside, California.
Bouie brings to her mixed-media assemblage work a process and style that is reflective of her desire to ground her work in tradition, while connecting it with contemporary settings and situation She seeks to explore and reinterpret perceptions of the collective and individual histories of Africans throughout the Diaspora.
She attended the University of California at Riverside, California, and earned a Ph.D. in Administration & Policy Analysis in Education, an M.A. in Secondary Education, and an M.A. in African-American History, all from Stanford University, and currently resides in the District of Columbia.
