Tom Miller
Mama’s Little Rock and Roll Baby
1991
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Tom Miller
Mama’s Little Rock and Roll Baby
1991
Physical Qualities
Wood, paint, metal bells, patent leather shoes, cotton socks, 26 x 14 x 20 in. (66 x 35.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in Memory of the Artist
Object Number
2015.366
In Mama’s Little Rock and Roll Baby, a child’s rocking chair implies youthful movement and sound even when the chair is not in use, while also recalling stereotypes Miller encountered growing up. Emerging as part of a generation of Black artists at MICA during a period of institutional and cultural transformation in the 1960s, Miller’s work used movement, humor, and found objects to collapse distinctions between disciplines.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Steven Scott; Margo Goldman; Steven Scott; from the artist
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A Tom Miller Retrospective: Decorated Furniture", February 22-April 16, 1995.
Antoinette Roberts and Cecilia Wichmann, with Oscar Flores Montero, and Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "BMA Celebrates MICA 200," May 16, 2026 to Janurary 3, 2027.
Antoinette Roberts and Cecilia Wichmann, with Oscar Flores Montero, and Dylan Kaleikaumaka Hill, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "BMA Celebrates MICA 200," May 16, 2026 to Janurary 3, 2027.
Artist
Tom Miller
born Baltimore, MD 1945; died Baltimore, MD 2000
born Baltimore, MD 1945; died Baltimore, MD 2000
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On View: Contemporary Wing Second Floor, Gallery 01
