Front Porch, Durham, North Carolina

Margaret Sartor

1994

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A diptych of black-and-white photographs featuring 1) Jean Shamburger sitting on a church pew and looking directly at the camera, wearing a light, patterned t-shirt, her arms crossed in front of her, and 2) Kyrian McDaniel sitting on the same pew and looking directly at the camera, wearing a long-sleeved, stripped t-shirt, her arms crossed in front of her, both were photographed in the sanctuary of the Bethel Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama.
This colored photograph captures an indistinguishable object against a white background. A dark, rectangular object emerges from the upper left corner of the image. Although the background is white, it appears in tones of blue due to the exposure. The image is enclosed by a white frame.
An abstract composition of marks and geometric shapes in neutral and dark shades. Some of the imagery is built up with a sand-like material. The imagery is densest at the left; the composition opens up to an almost empty field on the right.
Untitled (Log Cabin), Jimmy Lee Sudduth, paint and mud on wood board