GEORGE ROGERS (1930 - 2002) Habitat Cluster (The Congestion of City Life).
Wood assemblage, circa 1982. 774x304x355 mm; 30½x12x14 inches. Signed in ink on the base.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist's estate, private collection, Michigan.
Exhibited: Exhibit of Contemporary Architectural Sculpture by George Rogers, The North American Black Historical Museum, Inc., Amherstburg, Ontario, 1982.
Sculptor, printmaker, and clay modeler George Rogers was born in Alabama and was active in the Detroit area. Rogers attended the Columbus School of Art, 1952-53; the Cleveland Institute of Art, 1955-59; and the Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1959-61. He was the first Black clay modeler for the Ford Motor Company and designed the Mustang 2. His sculptures are installed around the Detroit area and included in the collection of the Renaissance Center. Inspired by architecture and movement, the work features inverted angles posing a spacial rhythm. He was also a co-founder of Gallery Seven in Detroit, which represented Black abstract artists and developed a summer program for children over a span of 20 years.
