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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.
Image Not Available for Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite
Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Yosemite
Carleton Emmons Watkins
about 1865-1866
Image Not Available for Colorado St., Looking East, Pasadena, California
Colorado St., Looking East, Pasadena, California
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1880s
Image Not Available for San Anita Ranch, San Gabriel, California, Orange Avenue
San Anita Ranch, San Gabriel, California, Orange Avenue
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1880s
Image Not Available for O. & C. R. R. Loop Showing Three Trestles, Siskiyou Mts., California
O. & C. R. R. Loop Showing Three Trestles, Siskiyou Mts., California
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1880s
Image Not Available for Big Trees, Felton, Santa Cruz. Co., California
Big Trees, Felton, Santa Cruz. Co., California
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1880s
California Powder Works, S.P.C.R.R.
California Powder Works, S.P.C.R.R.
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1880s
Image Not Available for Moss Grove, Cypress Drive
Moss Grove, Cypress Drive
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1880s
Image Not Available for Distant View of San Francisco from Alameda Ferry Landing, California
Distant View of San Francisco from Alameda Ferry Landing, California
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1880s
Image Not Available for The Golden Gate and Black Point, San Francisco, California
The Golden Gate and Black Point, San Francisco, California
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1880s
Image Not Available for The Three Brothers, Yosemite
The Three Brothers, Yosemite
Carleton Emmons Watkins
1865-1866
Image Not Available for The Unsafe Tenement from "The French Set"
The Unsafe Tenement from "The French Set"
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1858
Image Not Available for Ledger Drawing #5
Ledger Drawing #5
Crow Nation
c. 1890

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