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Untitled (Handmade Paper)

Anacostia Community Museum

Object Details

Artist
David Driskell
Caption
This painted handmade paper sheet features bright yellow, orange, pink, red, green, and blue colors blended together. The handmade paper was formed by dipping a screen into a vat of paper pulp in water and allowing the web of pulp to dry into a sheet. This process resulted in the paper’s textural surface and deckle edges, features that are emphasized by the acrylic paint layer. The work, donated by artist David Driskell, was made to be handled by students and researchers to discover evidence of how it was made through an exploration of the sheet’s texture and paint layers. The paper is painted with white markings suggestive of a symbol-based writing system. Juxtaposing the colorful background with the white markings encourages a critical examination of how colors and symbols communicate ideas and feelings.
This work is the result of programming at the Anacostia Community Museum that connected prominent local artists, including Sam Gilliam, David Driskell, and Alma Thomas, with the local community.
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Esta hoja de papel hecho a mano está pintada con vivos colores amarillos, naranjas, rosas, rojos, verdes y azules que se funden entre sí. El papel fue elaborado sumergiendo un tamiz en una cuba de pasta de papel y dejando secar la pasta hasta formar una lámina. Este proceso le confirió al papel su textura y sus bordes irregulares, que acentúa la capa de pintura acrílica. La pieza, donada por el artista David Driskell, fue concebida para ser manipulada por estudiantes y académicos con el fin de descubrir, mediante la exploración de la textura y las capas de pintura, la manera en que fue fabricada. El papel presenta inscripciones en blanco que sugieren un sistema de escritura basado en símbolos. La yuxtaposición del fondo colorido con las marcas blancas invita a reflexionar sobre el modo en que los colores y los símbolos comunican ideas y sentimientos.
Esta obra es el resultado de una iniciativa del Anacostia Community Museum, que puso en contacto destacados artistas locales, como Sam Gilliam, David Driskell y Alma Thomas, con la comunidad local.
Cite As
Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
1990
Accession Number
1990.3026.0002
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
painting
Medium
acrylic on handmade paper
Dimensions
12 × 7 5/16 × 1/8 in. (30.5 × 18.5 × 0.3 cm)
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Anacostia Community Museum Collection
Anacostia Community Museum
Record ID
acm_1990.3026.0002
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/dl866477ff0-e1dc-481d-b07d-28b8519dc2ef
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