Work of art

The old planation

 John Rose
John Rose moved from England to China in
1976 where he taught painting and drawing at
the University of Hong Kong while
exhibiting regularly at the Art Center gallery.
He traveled extensively throughout Asia
absorbing the shapes, colors and flavors,
inspiring his work today
He was a painter until the early 90's, when his
work took on a more three-dimensional
format and evolved into sculpture
 Items:

houses
men
women
instruments
fields
clothes

The old planation

 Story:
Slaves have fun after hard work.
There are musicians looking at them spectators women, men
Their only relax after work
They lived in houses that were not rich
Their made instruments from pumpkin, wood
 Story by author:
The painting depicts African American slaves between two small outbuildings of a
plantation sited on a broad river
The painting shows two male musicians, one of whom is playing a stringed instrument
that resembles a Yoruba molo the body of this instrument seems to be a hollow gourd
Most likely, he is playing an upended gourd with sticks. The two women hold what
look like scarves, but are actually sheguras
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