Voodoo/Tree of Life

Herbert Singleton

1991

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A multi-part wall mounted sculpture comprising the following three-dimensional elements: a black and white plastic cross bearing the words '16th St Baptist Church' that angles off the wall from a bracket at 45 degrees. The cross is hollow and open at its top end. Emerging from it is a large bouquet of mixed artificial flowers. At opposite sides of the bouquet's base there are two large bows, one yellow, one white. Hung to the left of the cross is a matted photograph in a gold frame. The photographic image is a video still of the cross and flowers described above. Directly below the photograph is a small rectangular wooden shelf bracketed to the wall at a 90 degree angle. The shelf is painted white, trimmed in a navy blue fringe, and topped by a fitted sheet of glass. Atop the shelf is a small white card, folded in half so it stands. The card front is printed with the text, "As Seen On TV."
Blue and mustard-color checked square.
Painting depicting the floods of Hurricane Katrina in shades of green. On the left is a young man in blue shorts and a yellow t-shirt that reads, "Bayou Classic" pulling a light-blue, deflated raft with an older woman seated on it, behind her is a younger woman holding onto her shoulders. On the right is a large boat with an American flag on the side, within which are three armed National Guardsmen in camouflage with bullet-proof vests and helmets. At their feet is a red cooler filled with food and drinks, the word FEMA written on the exterior. One of the seated Guardsmen is drinking a coke and the other is eating a sub sandwich. The young man in yellow is giving the middle finger to the Guardsmen and the young woman spits at them. In the background are two figures in the water waving for help and a group of flooded houses, with a father and two children emerging from one of them. In the foreground is a dead body floating in the water, shown with his tongue out and wearing a red and green plaid shirt.
Untitled (Styrofoam Cups), Tara Donovan, 6 oz. and 8 oz. Styrofoam cups, string, hot glue