Description:
Large black flowers with white petals, surrounded by colored dots and curved stripes.
Label Text:
Label text from “The Art of Collecting: Contemporary Prints from the Risa Gerrig Collection,” September 10 – October 12, 2014:
Inspired by nature and favoring saturated color, Bovasso renders a bright, mulit-layered symphony of lines, dots, and botanical forms in this print. A combination of iridescent color and myriad curving lines in Black Flowers with Rainbow Colors creates an explosion of energy and joy as undulating forms brush against luminous and cheery hues of pink, purple, green and blue. Contrasting this sense of elation are the dark and deeply defined underlying black lines and bulbous black flowers that burst out across the surface of the print. These black features balance the saturated colors and establish a manic-depressive undercurrent, inviting the viewer to reconsider the initial emphatic delight generated by the print’s brightness and energetic quality. - Felicia Bolaske (B.A. ‘14)
Link to share this object record:
https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=UM+2013.30 |
