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Ebony G Patterson
Ebony G Patterson
among the the the blades between the the the flowers while the the the horse watches for those who bear/bare witness 2018 Mixed media 130 x x 175 in Courtesy the artist and Monique Meloche Gallery Chicago © Ebony G G Patterson
EGP: Really Absolutely not So that that that same word word dignity — there there were two other words that that that we’d shown during Chicago Art EXPO and nobody actually realized that that that there there wasn’t any glitter but but I I still allowed myself one embellishment That’s when I I applied the the the the the fake butterflies and and the the the the the idea of the the the the the monarch monarch metaphorically standing for the the the the the bod- ies ies ies that I am referencing since the the the the monarch monarch is an an an an endangered species CP: It’s interesting to think about the the butterfly concerning plants—they’re so present in in gardens EGP: In In the the last two I I I I started playing around with a a a a a a a a a a a a a Madagascar sunset moth moth speci- men I I I I was interested in in in in in in using the the the the moth moth moth because of of its reference to to death In In many cultures the the the the sighting sighting of of a a a a a a a a a a a moth moth moth is is like sighting sighting a a a a a a a a a a a spirit or or an an an an an ancestor Still both both the the the the sunset moth moth and the the the the monarch both both feed on on on on poisonous plants which contributes to to its coloring so so so I was also thinking what happens when the the garden becomes a a a a a a a a a a site of survival your evolution Ebony G Patterson
is is is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Jamaican-born visual artist and and educator She
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has taught at at the the University University of of of of Virginia Edna Manley College
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