Red, Green, Blue (RGB) is part of a more extensive series that reflects my relocation to the Deep South in... Read More
Red, Green, Blue (RGB) is part of a more extensive series that reflects my relocation to the Deep South in 2018. The painting depicts a specific place and time, Charlottesville, Virginia, during the Unite the Right rally of August 2017. The stretched figuration is that of the colonizing illustrations of vintage children's books from the early 1960s. It is juxtaposed with the half-tone backdrop of the infamous news clippings of torch-bearing white supremacists, creating a connection and separation through placement and style. Although the representations can be differential in style, periods, and initial intent, they are conjoined through proximity and their "place" of white privilege. With this painting, I contemplated color processes, both additive and subtractive, and the process of creating, both digital print versus the act of hand painting--combining both.
