Ellen Mansfield
Series B
2018
Painted tile and wood frame
20" x 20" x .5"
$500 ($125 per tile)
Website: ellenmansfield.com
Maryland, USA
VO by McKerrin Kelly
2018
Painted tile and wood frame
20" x 20" x .5"
$500 ($125 per tile)
Website: ellenmansfield.com
Maryland, USA
VO by McKerrin Kelly
ABOUT THE ARTWORKS:
Series B: The four ASL words from left to right, top to bottom are CLOSE (best friends), INNER LIGHT CORE, You ROCK, and PAH (finally- success). 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.
DESCRIPTIONS:
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 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.
In the upper 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.
In the lower left is a woman with a wide smile and a raised white right fist and forearm. 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.
-art descriptions by Teri Grossman
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 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.
In the upper 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.
In the lower left is a woman with a wide smile and a raised white right fist and forearm. 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.
-art descriptions by Teri Grossman
Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by Pamela Schaff (Medical Education, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics), Julie Van Dam (French and Italian), Erika Wright (Medical Education and English), Sabrina Derrington (Pediatrics), and Ron Ben-Ari (Internal Medicine and Medical Education). Co-sponsored by the Keck School of Medicine’s HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and Law) Program and the Center for Bioethics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.
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