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Divide
53 in
x
34 in
(135 cm x 86 cm)
Year
2018
Exhibition
Price
$2,000.00
* vertical orientation per artist
The United States today seems to be immersed in conflict. Each side of our political divide claims the truth. This art quilt explores this conflict. Dominating the upper portion of the composition is the term xenophobia along with a dictionary definition of the term. In the lower portion compassion, tolerance, and acceptance represent the other side of the divide. These ideas are exemplified in a printed portion of the sonnet "The New Colossus". This poem is featured on the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty. A vintage portrait of my Dad is symbolic of the fight we are now having in my country.
Materials
Cotton, acrylic paint, dye, liquid watercolors, pigment sticks, pencils, stamps, thread, and other media
Techniques
Whole cloth commercially printed from artist's image, painted with inks, acrylics, pigment sticks, liquid watercolor, and other mediums, hand stamped, free motion stitched on stationary machine