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Samuel Ross

Birth at Dawn
Now On View

Maker

Samuel Ross (English, b. 1991 in Brixton, London, to second-generation Windrush parents of Caribbean descent)
Art and Assembly Ltd., manufacturer, (RISD BFA 1999, Illustration)
Aaron Distler (b. 1974), founder

Title

Birth at Dawn

Year

2022

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Dimensions

41.9 x 43.2 x 44.5 cm (16 1/2 x 17 x 17 1/2 inches)

Identification

Edition

Edition of 8

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2023.82

Type

Exhibition History

Art and Design from 1900 to Now
Jun 04, 2022 – Dec 01, 2030

Label copy

Designing with concrete, engineered wood composite board, steel, and granite, Samuel Ross coated and fired this stool’s heavy-duty components with turmeric, honey, and milk. He explains, “[T]hese organic materials speak of past hands, processes, gestures, and carry memory, intentions, and philosophies from the heartland in which they originate.”


Ross’s work links ideas related to the body, material, meaning, and memory. He fuses visual elements of historical West African furniture design and post-industrial Western design, exploring not only material composition, but also how the human body interacts within the built and natural worlds.  

–Elizabeth A. Williams, David and Peggy Rockefeller Curator of Decorative Arts and Design

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Tombstone

Samuel Ross (English, b. 1991 in Brixton, London, to second-generation Windrush parents of Caribbean descent)
Art and Assembly Ltd., manufacturer
Aaron Distler (b. 1974), founder
Birth at Dawn, 2022
Nero Africa granite, glass fiber reinforced concrete, fired OSB (oriented strand board), fired honey and milk patina, painted steel, and polyurethane
41.9 x 43.2 x 44.5 cm (16 1/2 x 17 x 17 1/2 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2023.82

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