Radcliffe Bailey was born in New Jersey in 1968, but his family moved to Atlanta in the 1970s. And he lived and worked there since. He attended Atlanta College of Art and majored in sculpture.

Music, his friends note, was a feature of both Bailey’s work and life. Piano keys, sheet music, brass instruments and vinyl records were often components of his mixed media artworks. “He was ...

In an installation he calls “Windward Coast,” Atlanta artist Radcliffe Bailey has floated a glittery black bust of an African-American man in a sea of dislocated piano keys. It looks as if he ...

"I've always felt like the only way I can heal myself … is to go back through my memory, learn from memory." —Radcliffe Bailey. Join us for a conversation between Radcliffe Bailey—whose powerful mixed ...

Radcliffe Bailey, the artist known for his contributions to Black art, died after a long battle with brain cancer, ArtForum reported. He was 54. He is survived by his wife, Leslie Parks Bailey; a ...

Bailey acquired the piano keys — he has more than 400 sets of 88 each — from an Atlanta music shop that was disposing of them. “I didn’t know what I was going to do with them,” he admitted.

Radcliffe Orville Bailey Jr. was born on Nov. 25, 1968, in Bridgeton, N.J., the elder of two sons of a railroad engineer father and a schoolteacher mother, Brenda (Coles) Bailey.

Bailey’s brother, Roy, confirmed he died Tuesday in Atlanta after a fight with brain cancer, ARTnews reported. Survivors also include his parents, Radcliffe Sr. and Brenda; his wife, Leslie ...