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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.

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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

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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

©Dawn A. Williams Boyd 2023. The rights to use the words and images on this website are reserved exclusively for the artist. They may not be used for any reason without the artist's expressed and written permission.

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