Bending Blue

Nancy Hemenway Barton

1987

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Untitled (Painting of Five Men) Paris, 1983, Ralph Gibson, Portfolio published by Double Elephant Editions, Ltd., Type C color print
This rhombus-like sculpture is composed of wood, fabric, and paint. It is composed of sections of patterned and solid fabrics sewn together in quilt patterns resembling bowties. The sections of bow ties are trimmed to fit the shapes of the rhombus. They are serged on each side with brown thread and the faces of each section are covered in silver leaf. The verso of the work is a piece of rectangular wood with 4 holes for hanging along the perimeter of the rectangle. There is a sticker in the lower third that contains the details of the work, biography information for the artist, and information for the gallery Monique Meloche. Several inches above the sticker there’s a piece of blue tape that says “size A with silver leaf quilt= SSbf mat oll SLEIf=SSBOBJZo8. "
This is a black-and-white print of two figures standing in a field. On the far left there is a gun standing upright next to a male figure with a helmet. He is facing another male figure wearing a headdress with an axe in his side. There are flowers growing by his feet. The words “Conquistando Lo Innocente” “1/20” and the artist’s signature are written below the print.
Photogragh of two black men dressed in white and two black women dressed in striped dresses.