The Shack/Underground Club

William Christenberry

2010

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Exit, Dale Kennington, oil on canvas
Watercolor painting of an amorphous brown and white mass. The center monument is abstracted and rendered in brown with red lines. It’s covered by a white tarp-like structure that has graphite lines and red ropes coming securing it to the monument. The background is blue and green with a red circular irregular pattern.
Flag depicts Guede, leader of a family of "loas" of the underworld, such as Baron Samedi or Baron La Croix, who preside over the cemetery. Included are symbols of the cross, coffin, skull and bone, and the "G" symbol of the Masons.
Grandma Moses, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, paint and mud on wood board