DAWN WILLIAMS BOYD
CLOTH PAINTINGS: The Tip Of the Iceberg Exhibition
This exhibition features cloth paintings derived from observations that I made in 2019. It was obvious to me then that the subject of these pieces would be at the top of the news cycle within a very short time. I don’t mean to imply that I have ‘the sight’ as Cassandra did, but others, more learned than I – scientists, historians, social commentators - were already discussing these matters and being mostly ignored. Yet, here we are, in 2022, on the very precipice of changes to the way we define ourselves as Americans – the tip of the iceberg - that we know hides disaster if we don’t make a course change immediately.
Massacre on Black Wall Street, Tulsa, OK 1921 2022
59h x 118 w inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss.
There Goes the Neighborhood #1 2022
59w x 59.5 inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, bead and sequin
This Uninhabitable Earth 2022
60h x 60.6 w inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, sequins
There Goes the Neighborhood #2 2022
59w x 59.5 inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, bead and sequin
Smoke Filled Rooms 2022
60h x 59.5w inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss.
Voting Rights. What's Next? 2022
60h x 60w inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss.
Covid Scream 2022
59h x 59w
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, bugle beads
Leaving Alabama 2022
60.5h x 60.5w inches
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, cowrie shells, rick rack braid.
Ka Orda 2022
60 h x 58w inches.
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss.
In Fear for My Life 2022
54.5h x 36w
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, purchased police department patches.
The Death of Democracy 2022
37h x 59w
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, and purchased silk roses.
Familiar Danger 2022
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, antique Boy Scout badges.
35,812 Feet Below Sea Level:
Challenger Deep 2022
Assorted fabrics, cotton embroidery floss, purchased daisy lace, acrylic paint, paper soft drink label.
On View: September 22, 2022 – November 19, 2022 at Fort Gansevoort Gallery 5 Ninth Avenue, New York NY 10014.
For inquires please contact Fort Gansevoort Gallery at: gallery@fortgansevoort.com