Ssblakallblak Ellen Gallagher screenprint and etching on Okawara paper

Ssblakallblak!

Ellen Gallagher

2000

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Snow capped mountain range Mount McKinley in center and lake in foreground
Large sculptural installation piece comprised of a variety of found objects that references those individuals who marched alongside Dr Martin Luther King Jr in Birmingham in 1963 in the form of two figures one on each side made of miscellaneous metal parts and with tire torsos in each hand hangs old clothing and shoes a cross from the head of one extends an American flag in the center is a group of objects that refer to conflict during the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham including plastic dogs boots guns a police baton and chains attached to a metal grate above this are two old Alabama license plates and a central BEWARE OF THE DOG sign on the ground in front of the piece is a red firemans hat and a black police helmet along with a recumbent plastic dog and pair of rubber boots with a machine gun inside
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