In Ronald Hall's artistic practice, he distorts domestic interiors, plantations, and other environmental structures into eerie dreamscapes that invoke historical and contemporary issues involving race and social constructionism. His frequent inclusion of media references, such as images borrowed from video games, photographs from Civil Rights protests, and racist character tropes—captures the intricate web of biases embedded in our everyday lives.
During his time at MacDowell, Hall deepened his exploration of a series of paintings that fuse African American figurative traditions with the dreamlike sensibilities of surrealism and the conceptual provocations of technology. His work investigates how these distinct visual languages can be interwoven to reflect and challenge the evolving possibilities of contemporary painting. Ronald will continue focusing on these series of works during his next residency in Brooklyn at the International Studio and Curatorial Program where he was awarded the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation Residency
Portrait by Brad Ogbonna
