Exchange: F21 Boger: ENGLISH 124

F21 Boger: ENGLISH 124 - Writing the Self

A woman wearing a blue dress with a red and blue cape, its skirt cascading onto the floor. She wears a white cap and apron and points forward with her right arm.

Mary Sibande
Sophie/Elsie
fiberglass and cotton
6 ft. 1/16 in. x 13 ft. 1 1/2 in. (183 x 400 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by Joseph and Annette Allen

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Portrait of a man with a powdered hairstyle close to his ears and gathered back at the nape of his neck. He wears a dark coat and and is placed in front of a pink background. At the level of the man's face, the canvas is shredded into long, loosely hanging strips.

Titus Kaphar
Flay (James Madison)
oil on canvas with nails
5 x 4 ft. (152.4 x 121.92 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by Joseph and Annette Allen

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No. 27 of a series of 27 prints. A simple, two-tone palette. Three female figures appear to be floating in space, with a web-like vortex surrounding them. At the bottom, a  female figure looks at the viewer while resting on her side, with her left arm below her head. Behind her is another woman covered in splotches and doing a backbend. The third, young woman sits with one leg over the other and leans forward.<br />
Sultana's Dream was printed and published by Durham Press in 2018.

Chitra Ganesh
Sultana's Dream: Birth of Three Sultanas
linocut on paper

Museum purchase made possible by the University of Michigan Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and the Director's Acquisition Committee, 2019

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A photograph of eight boys, all of which are the same person, voraciously eating a loaf of white bread off a rock in a forest.

Anthony Goicolea
Last Supper
dye destruction print on paper
40 in x 77 in (101.6 cm x 195.6 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

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A mixed media assemblage consisting of welding goggles, rusted metal, a padlock, and two rusted bells hanging from a chain mounted on a wooden board with screws. The position of the objects, with goggles at the top, makes the assemblage look vaguely face-like.

George Vargas
Michigan Worker
welding goggles, metal, hanging bells, rusty bottle cap, pulleys, chains, and padlock mounted on plywood
20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm);20 7/8 in x 10 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in (53.02 cm x 26.35 cm x 6.51 cm)
Gift of the artist

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