Ellen Mansfield
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Series A
2018 Painted tile and wood frame 20" x 20" x .5" $400 ($100 per tile) Website: https://www.ellenmansfield.com/ Maryland, USA VO by McKerrin Kelly |
Series B
2018 Painted tile and wood frame 20" x 20" x .5" $400 ($100 per tile) |
ABOUT THE ARTWORKS:
Series A: The four ASL words from left to right, top to bottom are FRIENDS; COOL, SILLY, and CLOSE (best friends). This Series A is a group of friends who have sign language conversations.
Series B: The four ASL words from left to right, top to bottom are INNER LIGHT CORE, PAH (finally- success), YOU ROCK, and CHERISH. This Series B is a group of Deaf people who have passionate emotions.
Series B: The four ASL words from left to right, top to bottom are INNER LIGHT CORE, PAH (finally- success), YOU ROCK, and CHERISH. This Series B is a group of Deaf people who have passionate emotions.
STATEMENT:
Many people are not aware of the oppression of deaf people.
Deaf people suffer due to audism (the belief that to hear and to speak is superior to being Deaf), as well as phonocentrism. Deaf people’s language, American Sign Language (visual or tactile) is also targeted due to linguicism (the belief speech and English are superior to other languages).
Publicly sharing Deaf View/Image Art (a genre of works about the Deaf experience) with the community of the dominant culture not only promotes awareness of our struggles, but also ensures that the rights of Deaf people, most especially children, are not denied. It ensures that our language, ASL, is celebrated.
Deaf people suffer due to audism (the belief that to hear and to speak is superior to being Deaf), as well as phonocentrism. Deaf people’s language, American Sign Language (visual or tactile) is also targeted due to linguicism (the belief speech and English are superior to other languages).
Publicly sharing Deaf View/Image Art (a genre of works about the Deaf experience) with the community of the dominant culture not only promotes awareness of our struggles, but also ensures that the rights of Deaf people, most especially children, are not denied. It ensures that our language, ASL, is celebrated.
DESCRIPTION:
Series A
Four square portraits on red tile are set in two rows of two. The people in each portrait make American Sign language gestures. The images are rendered in wide wavy strokes of white, blue, yellow, gold and black.
In the upper left, a woman with a wide smile is seen from the middle of her face down to the middle of her chest. She hooks the first fingers of both hands over one another. Her right hand is palm down. The remaining fingers are curled. She wears a wide necklace with a heart in the center. The background contains swirls of white dots.
In the upper left is a man with gray hair and narrow rectangular glasses with his mouth open. He wears a striped shirt. His right hand is shoulder high. The first finger touches the thumb. The remaining fingers are extended. The background is dots of white.
In the lower left is a man with receding gray hair, small eyes and thick lips. He wears a shirt with a yellow heart on the chest. His right hand is white with a heart shape on the back of the hand. It is raised in front of his chest and away from his body. His second finger rests on the back of the first finger- thumb extended, other fingers curled. The background is swirls of white dots and dark red curlicues.
In the lower right is a woman in profile facing left. She has a wide smile. Her long hair is pulled away from her face and is streaked with white. Her right hand is raised, palm facing us. Her pinkie and thumb are extended, the remaining fingers are curled. The background is plain red tile.
Series B
Four square portraits on red tile are set in two rows of two. The people in each portrait form words in American Sign Language.
In the upper left is a woman with long hair seen from the middle of her face to the middle of her chest. She has a wide smile, white teeth, and full yellow lips. Her white right hand is cupped with the thumb and fingers up. The background is curlicues and dots.
In the upper right is a man with a wide-open mouth. He points up with the first fingers of both hands. The background is plain.
In the lower left is a woman with yellow hair and large black framed glasses. Her lips are together. Both hands form fists with the palms facing her. The background is white dots.
In the lower right is a woman with a wide smile and a raised white right fist and forearm. The background is curlicues and dots.
-descriptions by Teri Grossman
Four square portraits on red tile are set in two rows of two. The people in each portrait make American Sign language gestures. The images are rendered in wide wavy strokes of white, blue, yellow, gold and black.
In the upper left, a woman with a wide smile is seen from the middle of her face down to the middle of her chest. She hooks the first fingers of both hands over one another. Her right hand is palm down. The remaining fingers are curled. She wears a wide necklace with a heart in the center. The background contains swirls of white dots.
In the upper left is a man with gray hair and narrow rectangular glasses with his mouth open. He wears a striped shirt. His right hand is shoulder high. The first finger touches the thumb. The remaining fingers are extended. The background is dots of white.
In the lower left is a man with receding gray hair, small eyes and thick lips. He wears a shirt with a yellow heart on the chest. His right hand is white with a heart shape on the back of the hand. It is raised in front of his chest and away from his body. His second finger rests on the back of the first finger- thumb extended, other fingers curled. The background is swirls of white dots and dark red curlicues.
In the lower right is a woman in profile facing left. She has a wide smile. Her long hair is pulled away from her face and is streaked with white. Her right hand is raised, palm facing us. Her pinkie and thumb are extended, the remaining fingers are curled. The background is plain red tile.
Series B
Four square portraits on red tile are set in two rows of two. The people in each portrait form words in American Sign Language.
In the upper left is a woman with long hair seen from the middle of her face to the middle of her chest. She has a wide smile, white teeth, and full yellow lips. Her white right hand is cupped with the thumb and fingers up. The background is curlicues and dots.
In the upper right is a man with a wide-open mouth. He points up with the first fingers of both hands. The background is plain.
In the lower left is a woman with yellow hair and large black framed glasses. Her lips are together. Both hands form fists with the palms facing her. The background is white dots.
In the lower right is a woman with a wide smile and a raised white right fist and forearm. The background is curlicues and dots.
-descriptions by Teri Grossman
Opulent Mobility by A. Laura Brody is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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