Kevin Woodson, Rodeo Announcer, Fair Park, Texas
Artist
Don Russell
(American, born 1953)
Date2016, printed 2017
Mediumdigital inkjet color print on paper
Dimensions22 × 17 inches (55.9 × 43.2 cm)
Image: 18 1/16 × 12 1/16 inches (45.9 × 30.6 cm)
Image: 18 1/16 × 12 1/16 inches (45.9 × 30.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist, 2017
Object number2017.1.8
ClassificationsPhotographs
Label TextKevin Woodson began his rodeoing as a bullfighter or clown. His job was to distract the bull if the cowboy was bucked off. He said, “A bull can out run you but the things humans do is out maneuver them.” Woodson now announces rodeo. He noted that “Back in the day, when Black cowboys could not or were not allowed . . . to compete, they had to ride in the slack. They may have won, but the paying White audience wouldn’t know it. . . . this is one of infinitely many examples of how a whole group of people, a whole race of people, weren’t able to prosper to their fullest potential. It goes beyond the cowboys into everyday life.”
ProvenanceArtist; gifted May 4, 2017 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
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Don Russell
2015, printed 2017
Don Russell
2016, printed 2017
