Cornerstone
Cornerstone
Cornerstone

Cornerstone

Date2014
MediumMixed Media on canvas
Dimensions29 3/4 x 24 in. (75.6 x 61 cm) Framed Size: 25 x 31 in. (63.5 x 78.7 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2014.040
ClassificationsPaintings
Locations
  • Committee on Health (1350 Penn Ave NW, 115)
DescriptionIn cities across the nation, marginalized neighborhoods are being redeveloped or gentrified in an effort toward urban renewal. With an analytical lens, Marcel Taylor’s work seeks to capture the instability of many urban communities as they undergo demographic change. His own pain and sense of purpose arise from the empathy he feels for displaced and vulnerable people. Taylor’s work includes both non-representational and architectural elements, and they are multi-layered to express the layers of socioeconomic complexity around gentrification. Emulating the processes leading up to gentrification, his work conjures urban dynamism, commotion, pandemonium, and chaos.
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Window Pain
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Cataclysm
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Deluge
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2014
Tempest
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Upheaval
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2014
A Community, A Family
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2019
Pass the Crown
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2021
A Legacy of Resilience
Candice Taylor
2020
H St Throwback Mural
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2022
Roses on a Summer's Day
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1996