AL BOSTICK (African/American, b.1949)

"Untitled", 1970s, oil on canvas, signed Bostick, 23.5" x 59.5". Bostick was born and raised in New Orleans, LA. Bostick is an accomplished painter and storyteller, His paintings are his way of making sense of his past with an his roots in Africa and that of the African American experience in this country. Symbols and images you can see in Bostick’s painting include both the uplifting parts of the black experience in America, such as depictions of accomplished people and heroes, and the symbols and words that represent darker parts of U.S. history – slavery and the struggle for equal rights.

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