Cultural Aphasia
Cultural Aphasia
Artist
Amze Emmons
(American, born 1974)
Date2013
DimensionsImage: 27 × 38 in. (68.6 × 96.5 cm)
MediumGraphite, colored pencil, and gouache on Fabriano Murillo
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LineGift of Joseph Hearst and Gift of Mrs. Janie Lincoln, by exchange
Object number
2016.239
Not on View
DescriptionA candy-color palette depicting debris (and trash) blocked off with barricades and concrete barriers, backed by a cityscape
Published ReferencesCorey, Stephen, Jenny Gropp Hess eds., “Amze Emmons: Refugee Architecture and Other Systems of Daily Experience”, Featured Artist, in The Georgia Review, Athens, University of Georgia, Spring 2013, cover, pg 119-128.
Gerwin, Daniel, "Amze Emmons: Informal City", on Title- Magazine.com , May 10, 2013. (Republished on the Huffingtonpost.com)
Exhibition HistoryPhiladelphia, PA, Works on Paper Gallery, Informal City, 2013.
Carleton Emmons Watkins
about 1861
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