Shelton and John from series Friends and Enemies

Julie Moos

1999

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An abstract ground of aqueous blues and greens fill the image. An elongated, yellow and green plant form seems suspended on the top layer of the composition.
Black and white photograph taken from below the Brooklyn bridge deck looking upwards at one of the two towers. A portion of the two Gothic Revival pointed arches can be seen behind the vertical diagonal suspension cables.
In this photograph, a black belt with a silver buckle forms a loop on the surface. The loop of the belt is filled with jet black chunks of coal, some is shiny and some is matte black, the same color as the belt itself. The belt has a groove in the center and is clearly well-worn. It has a crease on the setting where it’s usually secured, which is three spots from where it is buckled in the photograph. Beyond the coal and belt, the photo has very little depth since the background is white with no distinguishing features.
Compact rows of vertical lines situated close together on blue ball point ink. Areas of yellow discoloration present on recto—rows of lines on top of these areas. Images only on topmost layer of napkin.