
Prayer, Rockford, Alabama (Primary Title)
Mikki Ferrill, American, born 1937 (Artist)
Throughout her career Ferrill has focused on elements of performance in widely disparate contexts, from dance clubs to religious services. In 2017.196-198, Ferrill conveys the spiritual state of the subjects by emphasizing the position of their arms and hands. Prayer, Rockford, Alabama depicts a parishioner who has fallen after being overcome by the Spirit, with his hands lifted upwards.
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Photographer's blindstamp below image right: "Photo by / Mikki Ferrill".
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Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund
A Long Arc: Photography and the American South, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, September 15, 2023 - January 14, 2024; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA, March 2 -July 30, 2024; VMFA October 5 2024 - January 26, 2025
2018: "Truthful Witnessing: The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 3", VMFA, May 12 - October 14, 2018
2018: "Truthful Witnessing: The Black Photographers Annual, Volume 3", VMFA, May 12 - October 14, 2018
© Mikki Ferrill
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