Giza, Emma & Larry
Artist/Maker
Emma Amos
(American, 1937–2020)
Date1992
MediumLithograph with chine collé
DimensionsImage/Sheet: 22 7/16 × 29 15/16 in. (57 × 76 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Art Rental Collection Transfer
Edition41/50
Object number2021.36
Status
On viewThis work shows Giza Daniels-Endesha, a former student of the artist, who died of AIDS. As he falls through the air, a collaged strip of kente cloth separates him from a photograph of the artist and her brother, Larry.
Emma Amos was born in Atlanta and studied at Antioch College in Ohio, in London, and in New York City. Her paintings, prints, and textiles explore political and social issues focusing on Black subjects—this print references both the passage of time and the continuity of tradition, as well as adversities related to race, gender, and sexual orientation.
Exhibition History
Emma Amos was born in Atlanta and studied at Antioch College in Ohio, in London, and in New York City. Her paintings, prints, and textiles explore political and social issues focusing on Black subjects—this print references both the passage of time and the continuity of tradition, as well as adversities related to race, gender, and sexual orientation.
New Acquisitions and Old Friends
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 3, 2021 - June 12, 2022 )
The Body, The Host: HIV / AIDS and Christianity
- Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 20, 2024 - December 15, 2024 )
Collections
- Modern & Contemporary
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ca. 1854
1948–50
postmarked July 4, 1958
