Untitled (Galesburg #1)

Chris Verene

1997

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Men in a circle raise their arms in the air. A woman holding a baby is in the foreground.
A photo taken from a beach toward a distant city, which is shown in silhouette. A house-shaped sculpture stands in the foreground and casts a strong shadow on the ground. There are trees visible to the right of the midground.
Flag depicts the "veve" pattern of Erzulie Danthor, the "loa" associated with the black virgin, the Virgin of Czestochowa. The central motif of a red heart pierced by a knife floats on a gold background, surrounded by a border of lozenges and triangles in pink, green, and lavender. The name ERZILIE DANTHOR is in blue sequins against a silver background.
This painting made with black ink on paper loosely represents a human face, closely cropped. The edges of the face are painted with curves in the corners of the sheet, and the features (eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth) are painted in the center with a few strokes of paint. Between the eyebrows are three lines representing creases or wrinkles.