Palimpsest
Artist
William Villalongo
American, born 1975
Date2017
MediumSeven-run screen print with laser cut areas and intaglio collage elements
Dimensions52 x 37 1/2 in. (132.1 x 95.3 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number2020.10
DescriptionRectangular print, vertically oriented. Dark gray ground with an all-over asphalt road pattern in gray and black; texture is articulated by layers of screen print ink and puff ink. In the center of the print, there are two bodies shown from the waist up; each taking the form of a black hoodie. One body is vertically oriented, with a face shown frontally and a brown hand. The other body is horizontally oriented, with an arm draping down, a brown hand, and a face shown in profile. The hoods of both figures frame clusters of cut-out shapes; the negative space of the cut-outs is white. The same kind of cut-out shapes emerge from the bottom and sleeve of one hoodie.On View
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