Carolina Red Clay w/ printmaker Rashaun Rucker
We’re kicking off a new season of Studio Noize with artist and printmaker Rashaun Rucker!
Rashaun recently debuted a new body of print work called Up From the Red Clay at M Contemporary Art in Detroit. In a series of linocut prints, monoprints, and drawings Rashaun prints the stories of his family. Using photographs from his grandma he reveals the layers of history, life, and love that exist in Warrenton, NC. JBarber and Rashaun reminisce about living in rural North Carolina and get into all the printmaking nitty-gritty details.
Episode 108 topics include:
What makes relief printmaking the preferred way to tell these Southern stories
How artists should think about making work
Honoring the people you love in your art
Printing linocut editions at home
Why community is so important in small, rural towns
The payoff in the process of making work
“Burdens Down Lord” linocut by Rashaun Rucker
Rashaun Rucker (b. 1978, Winston-Salem, NC) ) is a product of North Carolina Central University and Marygrove College. He makes photographs, prints and drawings and has won more than 40 national and state awards for his work. In 2008 Rucker became the first African American to be named Michigan Press Photographer of the Year. He also won a national Emmy Award in 2008 for documentary photography on the pit bull culture in Detroit. In 2017 Rucker created the original artwork for the critically acclaimed Detroit Free Press documentary 12 and Clairmount. His work was recently featured in HBO’s celebrated series Random Acts of Flyness and Native Son. In 2019 Rucker was awarded the Red Bull Arts Detroit micro grant and was named a Kresge Arts Fellow for his drawing practice. IN 2020 RUCKER WAS NAMED A Sustainable Arts Foundation AWARDEE. RUCKER IS CURRENTLY A 2021 RESIDENT AT THE INTERNATIONAL STUDIOS AND CURATORIAL PROGRAM (ISCP) IN BROOKLYN, New York. Rucker’s diverse work is represented in numerous public and private collections.
See more: www.rashaunrucker.com + @ruckerarts
“Resting In Black” linocut by Rashaun Rucker
