Artist
Michael B. Platt
(American, (1948 - 2019))
The Journey
Date2011
MediumPigment print on canvas
Dimensions30 × 90 in. (76.2 × 228.6 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2011.033
ClassificationsPrints
Locations
- Councilmember Robert White (1350 Penn Ave NW, 107)
DescriptionDC native Michael B. Platt spent a long, celebrated career creating images that explore rites and rituals, marginalization and survival, and the transformation of the human spirit. The Journey was created to honor the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and the artist intended it to speak to the ways in which some individuals survive attacks on their countries while others do not. The themes seen here—the layering of images and media, the human figure often floating or flying, and the African diaspora body—are integral to Platt’s work.
