Ebony G. Patterson
...and the dew cracks the earth, in five acts of lamentation...between the cuts... beneath the leaves...below the soil...., 2020
Digital print on archival watercolor paper with hand-cut and torn elements, construction paper, wallpaper, poster board, acrylic gel medium, and feathered monarch butterflies
257.5 x 1424 x 29.2 cm
101 3/8 x 560 5/8 x 11 1/2 in
101 3/8 x 560 5/8 x 11 1/2 in
Exhibitions
Revival: Materials and Monumental Forms, ICA Watershed, Boston, MA, USA (2022)Literature
Jay Buchanan, Verdant Surfaces and Ambiguous Vividity: Ebony G. Patterson at CAMSTL, Open Edition, 10 April 2021: https://journals.openedition.org/miranda/39569#tocto1n1Sarah Hotchkiss, In Ebony G. Patterson’s ‘Garden,’ Hidden Dangers and Delights, KQED, 18 June 2021: https://www.kqed.org/arts/13898988/in-ebony-g-pattersons-garden-hidden-dangers-and-delights
Kyle Martin, Ebony G. Patterson Curator-Led Tour, Metroactive, 18 August 2021: https://activate.metroactive.com/2021/08/ebony-g-patterson-curator-led-tour/
Grace Ebert, Elaborately Layered Gardens by Ebony G. Patterson Hide Haunting Messages Within Dazzling Displays, Colossal, 10 March 2022: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2022/03/ebony-g-patterson-gardens/
Pamela Reynolds, At the ICA Watershed, found objects are poetic and political, WBUR, 26 May 2022: https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/05/26/ica-watershed-revival-materials-monumental-forms
Nick Kolev, To Do Today: Brilliant Trash at the ICA Watershed, BU Today, 30 June 2022: https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/brilliant-trash-at-the-ica-watershed/
Susan Saccoccia, ICA Watershed building’s history provides inspiration for new large-scale installations, The Bay State Banner, 13 July 2022: https://www.baystatebanner.com/2022/07/13/ica-watershed-buildings-history-provides-inspiration-for-new-large-scale-installations/