Rodney McMillian: Soot to Soil TrailerPreacher Man TrailerA Migration Tale Trailer
Rodney McMillian lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. McMillian explores the complex and fraught connections between history and contemporary culture, not only as they are expressed in American politics, but also as they are manifest in American modernist art traditions. Aspects of his work negotiates between the body of a political nature and the politic of a bodily nature.
Total trailers found: 4
01 January 2015
McMillian sits calmly on a chair in an empty field and presents philosophical musings by the experimental jazz composer and musician Sun Ra.
01 January 2014
A Migration Tale follows a masked, black-clad character traveling on foot and via subway, a contemporary reference to the Great Migration that millions of African Americans made during the first half of the 20th century.
01 January 2006
A staged performance in which the artist recites President Lyndon B. Johnson’s 1964 commencement speech at the University of Michigan.
29 October 2025
Rodney McMillian reflects on how his work transforms commonplace materials-such as vinyl flooring, bedding, and furniture-into visceral explorations of history, power, and lived experience.
