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Mirrors & Eyes

1994

John L. Moore

(American, b. 1939)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Unframed: 203.2 x 172.7 cm (80 x 68 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jane Farver 2009.437
Copyright
© John L. Moore
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

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

1994

John L. Moore

(American, b. 1939)
America

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