Ssblakallblak!

Ellen Gallagher

2000

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Brushstroke V, Roy Lichtenstein, painted cherry wood
Zozobras en el Jardin (Rumors in the Garden), Juan Uslé, vinyl, dispersion and pigment on canvas
On a vertical yellow rectangular background, green, pink, white, and black shapes appear in a row and columns.
A hand-painted recreation of the entrance sign to an actual 1970s New Orleans gay bar, The UpStairs Lounge. The work is painted in black on shaped, unpainted wood. The image shows two rows of anonymous male visages, one of whom is looking through binoculars, "at the viewer." The text reads "See You At The UpStairs Lounge 604 Iberville St. New Orleans"