Beverly Buchanan (1940–2015) was a pioneering American sculptor whose work powerfully conveyed the lived realities and memories of Southern African American communities.
You walk with this one as you watch her mind work through these sketches of life, as if staged sets to inhabit. As if costume were environment. As if no time has passed at all. Her work brings the conflict inherent in the Old South to the Here and Now. Her wounds are our wounds. And they are as fresh as ever.
Yes! Her sculptures feel like stepping into a story that never really left us. Her work is like walking through scenes where time kind of melts away, and you can feel the past and present mixing together. She brings the Old South into the now, making us face the wounds that still sting. It’s as if every piece asks us to look at those scars, not as something from the past, but as something that’s still very much with us today.
You walk with this one as you watch her mind work through these sketches of life, as if staged sets to inhabit. As if costume were environment. As if no time has passed at all. Her work brings the conflict inherent in the Old South to the Here and Now. Her wounds are our wounds. And they are as fresh as ever.
Yes! Her sculptures feel like stepping into a story that never really left us. Her work is like walking through scenes where time kind of melts away, and you can feel the past and present mixing together. She brings the Old South into the now, making us face the wounds that still sting. It’s as if every piece asks us to look at those scars, not as something from the past, but as something that’s still very much with us today.