http://www.sanfordbiggers.com/
http://www.rovetv.net/sb-press.html
http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/visualarts/sanford_biggers.php
Lotus
Blossom
Cheshire (sculpture)
Prayer RugOne of the first things that stuck out about Sanford Biggers work was the similarities with the previous artist to lecture Hank Willis Thomas. They both made work that focused on race in American culture and both used popular iconic imagery in there work. Both Artists also used the haunting image of the slave ship in there work.
Biggers who spent a sometime in Japan is inspired by the different cities around the world. He hopes to show less cultural differences and more similarities between families all over. He links Japanese culture to African American Culture in much of his work. Since his work is so multicultural he allows his formal art training to be the translation for his work. Different aspects in the works speak to different people depending on there background. He works with symbols that contradict and that offer a dialogue/ conversation. Symbols that allow for questions that open up the work. For example by mixing Hip Hop culture with Buddhist thinking the work becomes more complicated and avoids the labeling of Hip Hop. His work and himself as an artist is always changing and evolving to avoid such compartmentalizing of himself and his work. Biggers was a great speaker and was really inspirational to listen too. He was down to earth about recycling ideas and reusing past projects to contribute to new ideas.
Biggers who spent a sometime in Japan is inspired by the different cities around the world. He hopes to show less cultural differences and more similarities between families all over. He links Japanese culture to African American Culture in much of his work. Since his work is so multicultural he allows his formal art training to be the translation for his work. Different aspects in the works speak to different people depending on there background. He works with symbols that contradict and that offer a dialogue/ conversation. Symbols that allow for questions that open up the work. For example by mixing Hip Hop culture with Buddhist thinking the work becomes more complicated and avoids the labeling of Hip Hop. His work and himself as an artist is always changing and evolving to avoid such compartmentalizing of himself and his work. Biggers was a great speaker and was really inspirational to listen too. He was down to earth about recycling ideas and reusing past projects to contribute to new ideas.
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