Lyrica Baroque – A Lyrical Affair
Auction Ends: Mar 3, 2018 09:30 PM CST

Art

Down by the Crossroads, Framed Oil on Canvas by Ruth Owens

Item Number
102
Estimated Value
4500 USD
Opening Bid
2500 USD

Item Description

52 x 33 Framed Oil on Canvas painting by Ruth Owens

Item Special Note

http://ruthowensart.com/ 

 In  1959,  Ruth  Owens  was  born  to  a  young  German  woman  and  a  Black  serviceman  from   Georgia.  The  nomadic  military  lifestyle  of  her  childhood  was  complicated  by  restrictions  to   mixed  families  in  many  communities  and  laid  the  basis  for  the  formation  of  her  cultural  identity.   She  will  graduate  with  a  Masters  of  Fine  Arts  from  the  University  of  New  Orleans  after  quitting   her  medical  practice  of  25  years,  and  will  continue  her  artistic  pursuits  as  a  member  of  an  artist   collective  called  “The  Front”  located  in  the  St.  Claude  art  corridor  in  New  Orleans.     

 Notable  solo  shows  include  “Conspiracies”  in  2017  at  Barrister’s  Gallery  in  New  Orleans,  and   “Stepin’  Out”  at  Xavier  University  Chapel  Gallery  in  2016.

 Ruth  Owens  has  also  participated  in  numerous  group  shows  including  the  “Currents,  2018,”  at   A.I.R.  Gallery,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  “Honey  Trap,”  at  The  Front  Gallery,  New  Orleans,  LA,  “Image   and  Text”  2017,  at  Site:  Brooklyn  Gallery,  Brooklyn,  New  York,  “LA  Contemporary,  2015”  at  the   Ogden  Museum  of  Southern  Art,  “Contemporary  Artists  Respond  to  the  New  Orleans  Baby   Dolls,”  2015,  at  the  McKenna  Museum  of  African  American  Art,  “Imago  Mundi:  New  Orleans:   Repatriation,”  Prospect.3  Adjunct  at  the  New  Orleans  Museum  of  Art,  “True  Colors,”  2014,  at   the  Ashe  Cultural  Center,  and  “NOLA  NOW:  The  Human  Figure,”  2012  at  the  Contemporary  Art   Center  in  New  Orleans.