Digital Workshop 2017

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Ramona Dunning Digital Workshop: 4/15/17 #s17STMPno12

Research--pictures on my phone Object 1: Lois Mailou Jones, June 13, 1995, Washington D.C., (gelatin silver print). Part of the exhibition by Terrence A. Reese entitled, “Reflections: Photographs of Iconic African Americans.” The tone of this piece demonstrates a feeling of tightness, closeness (clutter). This piece was extremely similar to how the living room looked in our house growing up, books and photographs everywhere--reminded me of my childhood days with Josie.

Object 2: The Beach, 1976, (oil on canvas). Part of the exhibition by Ando Keskkula entitled, “A Vibrant Field: Nature and Landscape In Soviet Nonconformist Art.” The tone is soothing as each color and texture blends smoothly into the next one. This piece made me think of the “Bud House” we used to rent out as a family every year for the entire summer in Long Beach Island.

Object 3: The Burning Bush, 1954, (woodcut in color). Part of the exhibition by Worden Day entitled, “Innovation and Abstraction: Women Artists and Atelier 17.” The tone is chaotic, looks as if the artwork could tell its own story. This piece reminds me of the Japanese art that was always hanging in our favorite Japanese restaurant that Josie and I would go to as infants up until we were teenagers.

Metaphor Lois Mailou Jones, June 13, 1995, Washington D.C., is a reenactment of mine and Josie’s childhood living room.

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