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Robert Pruitt

Star Pilot

Maker

Robert Pruitt (American, b. 1975)
Alex Kirillov, printer

Title

Star Pilot

Year

2012

Medium

  • Color offset lithograph on paper

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Color offset lithograph on paper

Dimensions

Image/sheet: 76.2 x 53.3 cm (30 x 21 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Inscribed in graphite, recto LL: 28/60; LC: Star Pilot; LR: R. Pruitt '12

Identification

Edition

28/60

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Object Number

2014.66.30

Type

  • Prints

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 20: Technologies

Manual: Technologies considers the history and future of art and technology by examining artworks that combine manual techniques and handiwork with non-human productive agents associated with industry or technology. 

Exhibition History

Heads Up! Recent Gifts to the Collection
Jul 31, 2015 – Jan 10, 2016

Label copy

Playing off the iconography of military enlistment posters, the prints depict a pilot and mechanic dressed in futuristic garb. The posters recruit a wide variety of talent-the technological (“mechanics, electricians, hackers”), the creative (“rappers, artists, dancers”), and the athletic (“shooters, 3 pt specialists”)-suggesting a dynamic collaboration akin to Otabenga Jones & Associates, a collective Pruitt helped found. His imagery often references science fiction, hip-hop, and issues of black identity. By appropriating comic-book conventions to depict black characters, Pruitt unsettles typical portrayals of the genre.

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Tombstone

Robert Pruitt (American, b. 1975)
Alex Kirillov, printer
Star Pilot, 2012
Color offset lithograph on paper
Image/sheet: 76.2 x 53.3 cm (30 x 21 inches)
Gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2014.66.30

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