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“It is possible to experience the totality of the universe within one’s own neighborhood,” he says, “and it would be possible to recognize the meaning of the voice although it speaks another language.” - interview with artist Melvin Edwards from November 2004, Lafayette University, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Experimental Printmaking, www.lafayette.edu

Melvin Edwards

Born: 1937, Houston, Texas

Also Known as: Mel Edwards


Biography

Melvin Edwards was raised in Houston, Texas. His artistic talent was recognized at an early age, and he was encouraged to study the works of European old masters at the Museum of Fine Arts. He won a football scholarship to the University of California at Los Angeles but rejected a professional athletic career to become an artist. Edwards developed a life-long interest in African art after seeing a Fang sculpture on a teacher's desk one day. "Eye to eye," he wrote, "African art is like a deep conversation with family." His welded sculptures are often inspired by political issues, ranging from civil rights to African-American identity. In 1993 Edwards won the grand prize of the Fuji-Sankei Biennial in Japan, and in 1995 his work was included in the Cairo Biennial.

National Museum of American Art (CD-ROM) (New York and Washington D.C.: MacMillan Digital in cooperation with the National Museum of American Art, 1996)." - borrowed from the Smithsonian Institution (http://americanart.si.edu/search/artist_bio.cfm?ID=6598)

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Mel Edwards, 1993

All works on this page made by artist Melvin Edwards and belong to the artist and various private and public cllections. All inquiries should be directed to ourrosewood@comcast.net.