PAINTINGS 1994 - 2008
ABOUT
CURRICULUM
VITAE
FIFTY YEARS ARTMAKING
CONTACT
A BRIEF HISTORY
OF SLAVERY
THE
UNAUTHORIZED
HISTORY
OF BASEBALL
ORANGE CRATE
LABEL SERIES
THE DISASTERS OF
WAR
THE CAPRICES
POSTCARDS FROM
CAMP
POSTCARDS FROM
FRANCE
BEN SAKOGUCHI
ORANGE CRATE LABEL SERIES:
A BRIEF HISTORY OF SLAVERY
Ben Sakoguchi's 1974 - 1981 Orange Crate Label Series touched on the issue of race in America, and his continuation of the series (1994 - 2003) included a number of paintings that addressed the topic.
In Sakoguchi's Orange Crate Label Series: The Unauthorized History of Baseball, he followed the subject of race back to the beginnings of Major League ball. While working on those canvases in 2004, Sakoguchi also began directing his focus toward the "peculiar institution" of slavery.
The 59 paintings reproduced here were completed in 2008. They are acrylic on canvas, 10 inches x 11 inches.
(click on images to see each group)
