WHAT’S on NOVEMBER…

WILLIAM HARRINGTON
This is America

Meet the Family & Cocktails
Saturday, 9 November 4:30-6:30

Harrington’s work reflects the sharp contemplations on the hypocrisy and frequent violence of American Democracy, uncannily and absolutely relevant right now.

William Harrington led Vietnam Combat Artists Team VII from 1967 to 1969, documenting the war through painting while accompanying infantry patrols. He and other artists had artistic freedom with the guidance to be expressive and stay busy.
Equipped with sketchbooks, paints, watercolors, pencils, and Eastman Kodak 127 Brownie Instamatics, they were free to roam the war zone.
They were granted significant artistic freedom with two main instructions: to be expressive and to stay busy.
The tradition of combat artists dates back to figures like Winslow Homer in the Civil War and British artists during World War II. Unlike his peers, Harrington’s work focused on emotions—grief, fear, and rage—rather than combat, navigating between dissonance and theatricality, showcasing his deep passion during and after the war.

PATRIOTS

Free Speech is essential,
and remains available;  the artists in this exhibition express their convictions through their work.
~Julie Keyes

America is based on the patriots:
Colonists who rebelled against British rule during the American Revolution.
They adhered to a social and political philosophy that rejects monarchy and aristocracy, favoring liberty and unalienable individual rights for all.

ARTISTS

William Harrington
MarÍa Schön
Andre Worrell
Ben Leone

ROZEAL
The Biggs Museum of American Art

OCTOBER - MARCH 2024

Want Not (Rescue from the Otherwise Obscene, Salvation from the Wicked)

OCTOBER 3, 2024 – MARCH 2, 2025
THE BIGGS MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART | 406 FEDERAL STREET DOVER, DELAWARE

Keyes Art is honored to have worked for the past two years with the Biggs Museum and ROZEAL to put together a very special group of works from this American treasure. 
The Biggs Museum of American Art is proud to close out the year with a blockbuster exhibition by renowned artist ROZEAL. This exhibition bridges cultures and traditions through the lens of contemporary art. Inspired by Japanese woodblock printing, ROZEAL’s multimedia paintings and collages blend traditional imagery of samurai, geisha, and kabuki with modern American hip-hop and vogue-ing elements.
The exhibition showcases a survey of recent work by ROZEAL, offering a comprehensive view of her unique artistic vision and style. Visitors will be able to explore a wide range of pieces, each offering a glimpse into the artist's creative process and inspirations.  
She has received numerous accolades for her signature a3 works, a name signifying Afro-Asiatic allegories. Also known as the blackface paintings, this series explores the appropriation of American hip-hop culture by Japanese teenagers (mostly girls) in the late 1990s as part of the ganguro fashion trend that involved darkly tanning skin. Read Here