AMERICAN DREAM
“Norsworthy expands his long-standing practice of treating interior space as psychic architecture to reveal the Black middle-class home as at once sanctuary, stage for performance, vessel for memory, and ideological battleground. The works herein do more than depict domestic scenes; they deconstruct the dreamworld the American interior has promised to successive generations, showing the scaffolding—emotional, historical, and structural—that holds it aloft”
Çisemnaz Çil, art review, “Ron Norsworthy, American Dream”, Nov 2025, Musée Magazine
COMING AND GOING, 2025 Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel 24 × 35 4/5 in | 61 × 91 cm
DOLTON 1965, 2025, Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel, 28 × 35 in | 71.1 × 88.9 cm
TONYA LEWIS LEE AND CHILDREN, 2005-2025, Mixed media collage on wood panel, 42 × 30 in | 106.7 × 76.2 cm
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?, 2025, Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel 35 4/5 × 29 9/10 in | 91 × 76 cm
A DIFFERENT WORLD, 2025 Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel 30 × 40 in | 76.2 × 101.6 cm
MORE OR LESS, 2025 Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel 35 × 44 9/10 in | 89 × 114 cm
GOOD LIFE 1988, 2025 Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel 32 × 42 in | 81.3 × 106.7 cm
PERFORMANCE, 2025 Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel 29 9/10 × 38 1/5 in | 76 × 97 cm
TRYING TO REMEMBER THE FUTURE, 2025 Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel 42 × 30 in | 106.7 × 76.2 cm
It's Been a Day, 2025 Mixed media collage in relief on wood panel 29 1/10 × 35 4/5 in | 74 × 91 cm
A Different World (Study), 2025, Graphic print with collaged inkjet print on paper, 17 × 22 in | 43.2 × 55.9 cm
DOLTON 1965 (Study), 2025, Graphic print with collaged inkjet print on paper 17 × 22 in | 43.2 × 55.9 cm
GOOD LIFE 1988 (Study), 2025, Graphic print with collaged inkjet print on paper 17 × 22 in | 43.2 × 55.9 cm