Robert E. Green

Robert E. Green’s artistic practice combines physical artmaking (assemblage, sculpture, painting, photography, and video), with acts of social justice that take the form of cultural festivals and events, creating a kind of “Gesamtkunstwerk.” His works and actions celebrate Black Pride and foster economic success within the Black community. Green’s artistic practice has also included the rescue and collection of African/African-American historical and cultural artifacts. He uses the collection and the community events he organizes as catalysts for education and the advancement of Black Pride. Across these initiatives, Green speaks to the spatial displacement of lives and communities fractured by the politics that have fostered years of systemic oppression of African Americans in St. Louis. Recipient of an artist grant from the RAC, Green has also shown his work at The Sheldon Art Galleries, 10th Street Galleries, The Griot Museum, 14th Street Art Gallery, and Webster University, among others.