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Mirrors & Eyes

1994
(American, b. 1939)
America, 20th century
oil on canvas
Unframed: 203.2 x 172.7 cm (80 x 68 in.)
Gift of Jane Farver 2009.437
© John L. Moore
Location: not on view
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Ovoid mirrors are a hallmark of the artist's style and appear in much of his work.

Description

Moore blends recognizable images with abstraction to address memory and history. Here, the painting’s turbulent surface suggests water, in which three oval mirrors--hauntingly without reflections--and four eyeballs appear to float. This imagery seemingly refers to loss of identity and life during the Middle Passage, whereby kidnapped Africans were shipped across the Atlantic to the Americas to be enslaved.
Mirrors & Eyes

Mirrors & Eyes

1994

John L. Moore

(American, b. 1939)
America, 20th century

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