GEORGE ROGERS (1930 - 2002) Untitled (Sculptural Fabric Collage Composition).
Collaged fabric and acrylic on board, 1984. 457x609 mm; 18x24 inches. Signed in acrylic, lower right.
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist's estate, private collection, Michigan.
Sculptor, printmaker, and clay modeler George Rogers fabricated a printmaking process he called "sculpturegraphs." Inspired by his sculptural and clay molding practices, they take shape as biomorphic figures in different colored inks. As a variation of relief printmaking, Rogers used found materials, hand-cut sinuous shapes, then printed in a single color. In many of them, overlays were applied to produce gradations of colors and enhanced images.
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. He was also a co-founder of Gallery Seven in Detroit which represented, Black abstract artists and developed a summer program for children.
