Artist:Viyé Diba
Medium: Cotton strip cloth, pigment, sand, wood, metal
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Dates:1999
Dimensions: 67 x 55 in. (170.2 x 139.7 cm)
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Accession Number: 2011.30
Image: 2011.30_PS9.jpg,
Catalogue Description: A sculptural work, composed of strips of locally woven cotton cloth sewn together into a canvas, painted a rich red tone, with sand added to paint for textural depth. Six schematic shapes, of a rectangle with a triangle cut from one end, have been cut from cotton fabric and added in a row in the top of the canvas, painted yellow (a seventh shape is attached to the wood framing the work). A sculptural projection punctures the canvas at mid-level (attached to a wood cross-bar concealed in back), composed of cotton fabric and found wood, both painted yellow with sand texturing. The entire work is framed by pieces of found, weathered wood that have been assembled around the contour of the work. Condition: good.