Black Gold
By
Mary Down
2018
- Photography
- Mixed Media
- Abstract & Conceptual
- Participatory & Collaborative
- Bookworks
- Bookart
- Slavery
- Goldleaf
- Africa
- Slave Trade
- Studio Practice
- Open Studio
- Exhibition
Dimensions
7 x 7 x 2 & 7 x 2 x 180
Bookwork: In two parts, first a copper manilla ( African currency also used in the slave trade) salvaged from the wreck of the Doura. Second a zigzag book with digital images and text. Wooden boxes with acrylic paint and gold leaf.
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