“Rewind,” addresses the United States of America’s uncomfortable history regarding issues of race and history. Using text, video and sculptural installations, I re‐envisions and re‐imagines past historical events and allude to their relationship with current issues of power and injustice in America.
KKK robe created by Paul Rucker for the REWIND exhibition
Photo shoot for Artnet article about REWIND touring and ban. Photo by Mike Morgan
PROLIFERATION–Rucker animated the growth of the US prison system and composed music for this work
Part of the Soundless Series from REWIND–Created for the Alabama church bombing victims. All pieces in this series are named after the date and location of the incident, September 15, 1963, Birmingham, AL.
Part of the Excessive Use series from REWIND. On Nov. 29, 2012, Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell were shot and killed after a 22-mile high-speed chase through Cleveland, Ohio, involving 104 police officers. Russell was shot 23 times and Williams 24 times. Officers fired a total of 137 bullets. Each work on paper corresponds with shooting the same number of bullets by the artist. All pieces in the Excessive Use series are named by date and location only.
Storm in the Time of Shelter was shown at the inaugural opening of the ICA in Richmond, VA. Rucker created newspapers as part of this installation. Here, a viewer is looking at the paper.
During the installation of REWIND in Ferguson, MO. “When Paul Rucker received a call inviting him to bring his work to a Ferguson gallery, he knew he had to make the trip.”
One Less Thing to Worry About: This installation borrows the image of a widely sold target that has been significantly modified to create the likeness of a hooded individual carrying Skittles and an Arizona-brand watermelon juice cocktail.
