Doublescape

Benny Andrews

2001

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A black and white photographic image of the Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo in Venice, with a tall structure of timber and sandbags that surrounds the monument condottiere Colleoni by Andrea del Verrocchio. The title of the print is rendered in an old-style seraph typeface and spaced at between ¾-1" below the image, and centered.
A large black and white image of a tobacco field anchors the center of the print. The background is indigo blue, with dark blue square and oblong shapes integrated around the boarder of the composition. There are green, blue, and brown vines that wind throughout the piece, framing the image of the tobacco field. An old wooden shack is lightly etched in black on the bottom center of the piece. Complementary to the shack, on the right of the print, is another dwelling with tropical motifs (it’s surrounded by palm trees) etched in light blue. Above this image there is text that reads: Seraphically, Sun Star, Stellar Regions. Text on the left side of the print states: River, Fire, Fall, Fight, Storm, Rope. And under picture of the tobacco field, the text reads: From Our Old Ensign Mars, At Night into Light, but a Far Star Leaves One Less to Rapine, One Less to Light Our Fame.
Polychrome (blue, red, and green) in abstract form applied to center of paper
Confederate Soldier and Sailor Monument, Eternal Flame of Freedom, Philip Trager, gelatin silver print