The hurried aspects of daily living exhaust me. Speed is the operative word. Apparently everyone wants more of it. Not me. While I value the innovations that speed up my onerous tasks, in my artwork I am attracted to its opposite--repose. I try to...
African Americans--Education--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Education--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Louisville Public Schools (Louisville, Ky.)--History; Literacy--Social aspects--Kentucky--Louisville--History
I conducted my dissertation research in the national, state, and local archives. Using Deborah Brandt's "Sponsors of Literacy" as a conceptual framework and Critical Race Theory as a theoretical framework, I offer Louisville, Kentucky as...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Still life paintings; Still lifes; Collages; Mixed media; Chairs; Furniture; Seating furniture; Wicker furniture; Textures; Ropes; Borders (Ornament areas)
Oil and pasted oilcloth on canvas, surrounded with rope; "Eager to recover other aspects of reality - positive color and texture, for instance - and increase the legibility of his pictures, without resorting to the outmoded conventions of...
Drawings; Crayon drawings; Gouaches; Watercolors; Paintings; Mixed media; Still life drawings; Still life paintings; Still lifes; Tableware; Patterns (Design elements)
Paintings; Oil paintings; Still life paintings; Still lifes; Business & finance; Tables; Furniture; Books; Encyclopedias & dictionaries; Geography; Money; Coins; Greenbacks; Correspondence; Pens; Writing materials; Envelopes; Marks...
“In The Writing Table, eight meticulously described items are arranged on a cool green trompe-l’oeiled marble slab: a hefty leather-bound tome; a small shiny gold or copper coin; a sparkling silver coin; a roll of well-worn five-dollar bills;...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Still life paintings; Still lifes; Bottles; Containers; Alcoholic beverages; Beverages; Fruit; Pears; Food
"One of the paintings given by Dali to Lorca [Federico García Lorca]." (Caption); Of the Cubist paintings, one in particular, Still Life (1924) - also known as Syphon and Bottle of Rum- riveted the attention of public and critics alike....
Still life photographs; Fruit; Grapes; Apples; Tableware
Grapes, apples, and other fruit are arranged on a silver serving dish sitting on a table. Photographer Kate Matthews' signature is on the lower right corner of mount. Title supplied by cataloger.
Louisville Police Department uncover large moonshine still somewhere in Louisville, Kentucky during Prohibition years (1920-1933); around fifteen barrels and stilling equipment. Title supplied by cataloger.
The library and science room at the head of the stairs in Marvin Hall at Oneida Baptist Institute. Walls are lined with blackboards and bookshelves. Science projects sit on the tables. Student benches are at the right. A painting of young Jesus...
Construction; Maintenance & repair; Sewerage; Construction equipment
Southwestern Outfall at Dixie Highway looking east. Wide trench supported by wood beams with a pipe on the ground to the right. Construction machinery and materials on site.
Man crouched next to a metal piece of equipment in what looks like a corn field, surrounded by corn stalks. The man appears to be starting a small fire and has a shotgun at his feet. He wears a hat and has a large hole in the shoulder of his shirt.
Girl pulls boy out of hole in ice with scarf. Near the girl is a package labeled "a merry Christmas." Near the boy is a sign reading "Danger..." There are silhouettes of buildings in the background. The vignette is framed with...
Performance art; Video recording; Motion pictures; Film stills; Myths; Fairy tales; Allusions; Artificial limbs; Artists; Women; Hairstyles; Posing; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Walls; Windows
Film still from recorded performance. "Rebecca Horn's early performances involved her strapping surreal prostheses to her body or wearing elaborate costumes. The allusions to fairy tale and myth were unmistakable but rarely specific. Since...
Edition of 10. "Sherman poses as a woman daydreaming. She holds a mirror, a clichéd symbol of vanity, in one hand. Momentarily her blank stare triggers a disturbing 'double-take'. She becomes a victim of crime in a police photograph, 'killed'...
