Just Because She Could, She Put the World on its Side

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Floyd Newsum

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• 1995

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• Offset Lithograph

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• Image/sheet: 21.5 x 30″

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• 80 prints in this edition

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About the Print

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From the ArtistnnMy print is a continuation of projecting the female as a prominent, powerful, yet sensitive being soaring in the heavens. She is surrounded by birds in flight and precious stones that symbolize her graceful mobility, elegant nobility, and great value to society. This prints’ juxtaposition of the female figure with unusual environments and patterns creates a mixture of realistic and abstract spatial organizations. Through my compositions I want to display the woman in a positive way. The fact that she is soaring in the heavens puts her in a spatial place. The glow around her symbolizes that she is protected by her higher power. She is to be honored, respected, and cherished.n_{—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records}nnI want to provoke thought or conjecture from the viewer. My paintings are a collection of thoughts in a single composition, with the power to present more than one interpretation.n_{—From https://www.longneckergallery.com/artist/floyd-newsum, accessed 7-6-2021}

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Floyd Newsum

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AmericannBorn November 3, 1950

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About the Artist

nPainter, sculptor, and printmaker Floyd Newsum earned a BFA from the Memphis College of Art, TN, and an MFA from Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University, Philadelphia.nnNewsum’s work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, DC; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; and University of Maryland, College Park, among others.nnNewsum lives in Houston, where he pursues his art and works as a professor of art at the University of Houston.n_{—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records}