Judy Bowman
2021
Archival pigment print on paper
10/25
Fairchild Endowment Fund purchase
2021.3.1
Judy Bowman uses figurative collage to convey autobiographical narratives. While a student majoring in art at Morris Brown College and Clark Atlanta University, Bowman was selected to contribute to the decoration of the MLK Library at the Interdenominational Theological Center. During that time she was privileged to meet Coretta Scott King and Alberta King, the widow and mother of Martin Luther King, Jr., which had a formative impact on her career.
Mom on Seneca depicts Bowman’s childhood home on the Eastside of Detroit in the 1960s. As she recalled, “It was not rare to see the adults enjoying a lively game of cards, while us kids were off watching television and finding our own mischief in the den – a cultural scene in the fabric of many Black homes and traditions.”