Artists From 20th & 21st Centuries
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The Thorny Road To The White House
This is really HISTORYand not any one of hiSTORY...
Idea for Thorny Road To White House as born in 1984 in Harlem by artists-interior designer, Mile Šeća. His "road" to finish all twelve pictures was not easy either. It was time consuming and thorny too. Researching history took plenty of time. Also, finding and buying wood (veneer) has taken plenty of time & money.
Different life's problems interrupted his art works for months and months and then 1996 stroke hit him and recovery continue slowly until the end of 2001... Year 2005 he went to China and married with famous Chinese artists, Seahawk Wang-Radojčić and Finally 2007 in March, he finished The Thorny Road To The White House. 
He had two exhibitions in China. First exhibition was from June 27 to July 03 in Dong Shan City ("Chinese Hawaii") and second from November 07 to November 14 at Song Zhuang-Beijing November Art Festival. The Thorny Road To The White House made a lot of interest in China. He had two interviews. First one for by "Dong Shan's Daily", then in Beijing by weekly Beijing "MONEY" magazine wrote about him and his wife.
Medium: VENEER (not paint) are tin sheets shredded from different trees and then cured or dried. Artist has to cut veneer into smaller pieces with unique shapes choosing grains and natural color of wood and then install them together into a PICTURE. Very tedious works.
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African Queen enjoyed freedom on the Great Plans in Africa.
Title: African Queen
Size: 10" x 10"
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African Hunters: Just living in wild Africa, was adventure for it self, but Hunting crocodile with primitive hand "tools" was above human bravery...
Size: 10" x 13"
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Slave Hunters: Most of white "hunters" on slaves was welcomed by greedy tribes' leaders. They worked together to plunder neighboring villages... but many time, Slave Hunters took their African ALLIES with their complete village into slavery.
Title: Slave Hunters
Size: 10" x 13"
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Black Ship: Captured families was driven to waiting ship. These ships was latter called "BLACK SHIP". New slaves was shipped under inhumane condition to American slave market...
Size: 10" x 10"
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Slave Market: Upon arriving to the USA, slave was sold as animals at slave market. Many times husband, wife and children, was separated forever and sold to different buyers to work for free.
Size: 10" x 13"
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Sugar Cane Plantation: At Sugar Cane Plantation all slave works was: "Oh my God, so SWEET to eat, oh my God, so BITTER to make".
Size: 10" x 10"
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Tobacco Plantation: Southern State's mild climate produced another "exotic" agricultural crops. Tobacco. It addicted more and more of people all over the World and for everyday demand for tobacco was higher and higher. Tobacco Plantation owners, with free land and slave labor become more richer and powerful...
Size: 10" x 10"
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Massachusetts 54th Black Regiment: Industrialization in Northern State was in constant need of labor. They understood that black as a salves will sabotage machines and stop production. That was one of reason to make black slave free... Agricultural Southern State, where slave done all farming manual, was against giving any freedom to theirs black slaves... and disagreement escalated in Civil War, where blacks could not serve as soldier but State of Massachusetts had organized black slave in FIRST voluntary "The Massachusetts 54th Black Regiment" which was leaded by white officers, only.
Size: 10" x 13"
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I Have A Dream: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
Size: 10" x 13"
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They had no voting rights, they could not eat in "only for white" restaurant, sleep in hotels for white Americans, they has to sit back in the bus, they could not go in same schools and collages with whites... and only hired for manual labor or worst job and was lest paid for up for 10 times then whites...
Size: 10" x 13"
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20th of February 2009
ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Obama a President of USA: In 1984, when Mile Šeća started with The Thorny Road To White House, yes back then he felt talking to himself: "... and when 12th picture is completed AMERICA will choose president of American-African decent..." April 2007 he finished 12th picture (in Xiamen City-South China) and same year (2007) he had two exhibition in China (see below).
Size: 10" x 13"
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Mile Šeća's wife an artist too, SeahawkWang-Radojcic and he celebrate Chinese New Year in Xiamen (Feb.2007) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chinese artist Yan Feng (first to the left) with Mile Seca an American-Serbian and Seahawk WANG-Radojcic, a New York based - Chinese born artist, before opening ceremony of art exhibition: "Three Unique Art WORLD" in Dong Shan City (Chines Hawaii) 06/27/2007 - 07/03/2007
Mile Šeća and famous Chinese artist, Yan Feng
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Mile Šeća 's Wife explain to newspaper reporter about The Thorny Road To White House. Different color of veneer hanging on the wall
November Art Festival 2007 in Song Zhunag Art Village (Beijing) a biggest art colony in China.
The Thorny Road To White House was very popular at 2007 Beijing November art Festival. Mile Seca explaining to visitors about different kind of slavery, oppression and human rights...
