The Era of the Tongue and Lung 12 13/16 x 9 7/16 inches It is very possible that

It is very possible that

it is the means by which I render some of what I assume I know with the unknown

Identity also plays into this art as an element that can

Smith’s work simultaneously pays homage to his African heritage and African art education while serving as a vehicle for his own challenges as a contemporary abstract artist

semi-photographic cliché verre—or "glass print technique"—of the 1970s with his expressionistic monotypes and mixed-media drawings

The Era of the Tongue and Lung 12 13/16 x 9 7/16 inches It is very possible thatTheEra of the Tongueand Lung is inspired by Zora Neale Hurston's1938 essay, Art and Such. Moors use of the text is enhanced by repetition and the multiple layering of colors. installed in a grid or quilt like manner, the pattern, rhythm, and color transform a little known Hurston excerpt into a contemporary image rich in connotation. In her essay, Hurston used the phrase in reference to the era of Frederick Douglass, a period of sound and emotion,of