Rock Steady
- Artist
- Alonzo Davis, American, born 1942
- Date
- 1992
- Material
- Collage of cut and woven paper with paint
- Made in
- United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Collages & montages
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 234
- Dimensions
- 30 1/4 × 22 1/8 in. (76.8 × 56.2 cm)
framed: 35 3/8 in. × 27 1/8 in. × 2 in. (89.9 × 68.9 × 5.1 cm) - Credit Line
- The Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Collection, Gift of Ronald and Monique Ollie
- Rights
- © Alonzo Davis
- Object Number
- 134:2017
NOTES
Constructed of interwoven paper strips, Rock Steady combines the bright colors and braided texture of southwestern textiles with the splatters and drips of expressive painting. Alonzo Davis created this work while he was dean of the San Antonio Art Institute during the early 1990s. He was drawn to motifs he encountered in Southwest Native American arts, which led to his “blanket series,” a collection of woven paintings. This work is one of over a hundred in that series, which later inspired large-scale installations.