Raymon was very much interested in gospel music and he proposed another collaboration similar to the drive-ins. Using a cast TV picture tube, I painted the images of young black children. In a 3D wire script, we super-imposed gospel lyrics over the image. The two drive-in paintings also utilized quotes from presidential speeches, as text on the screen with gospel lyrics floating above.
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Detail: TV w/ Soundtrack
1989, 20″h x 16″w x 12″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
“O abide with me, the darkness deepens O Lord with me abide”
“O abide with me, the darkness deepens O Lord with me abide”
TV w/ Soundtrack
1989, 20″h x 16″w x 12″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
“O abide with me, the darkness deepens O Lord with me abide”
“O abide with me, the darkness deepens O Lord with me abide”
Black & White TV
1990, 18″h x 16″w x 12″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
“Nobody knows de troubles I see nobody but Jesus”
“Nobody knows de troubles I see nobody but Jesus”
Colored TV
1990, 23″h x 17″w x 12″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
“Didn’t the Lord deliver Daniel-O Lord why not everyone?”
“Didn’t the Lord deliver Daniel-O Lord why not everyone?”
Special Interests TV
1990, 18″h x 14″w x 14″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
“Didn’t the Lord deliver Daniel-O Lord why not everyone?”
“Didn’t the Lord deliver Daniel-O Lord why not everyone?”
With me abide, O Lord
1989, 48″h x 48″wx 8″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
” 0 LORD ABIDE WITH ME
WHEN THE DARKNESS DEEPENS
0 LORD ABIDE WITH ME
HELP OF THE HELPLESS
WITH ME ABIDE 0 LORD”
“…The firm basis of government is justice. There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives, their very vitality from the processes of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control or singly cope with. Society must see to it that it does not crush or weaken or damage its constituent parts. The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves.” Woodrow Wilson, 1916
” 0 LORD ABIDE WITH ME
WHEN THE DARKNESS DEEPENS
0 LORD ABIDE WITH ME
HELP OF THE HELPLESS
WITH ME ABIDE 0 LORD”
“…The firm basis of government is justice. There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives, their very vitality from the processes of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control or singly cope with. Society must see to it that it does not crush or weaken or damage its constituent parts. The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves.” Woodrow Wilson, 1916
tvgospel07
1989, 48″h x 48″wx 8″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
Lord, why not everyone?
1989, 48″ x 48″ x 8″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
“DIDN’T THE LORD DELIVER DANIEL
THE SUN FORBEARS TO SHINE
THE WIND BLOWS LIKE JUDGEMENT DAY
DIDN’T THE LORD DELIVER DANIEL
AND 0 LORD WHY NOT EVERYONE”
“…We have been proud of our industrial achievements but we have not hitherto stopped thoughtfully to count the human cost of energies enough overtaxed and broken. The fearful physical and spiritual cost to the man and woman and children upon whom the dead weight and burden of it all has fallen pitilessly the year through. With the great government went many deep secret things we too long delayed to scrutinize with candid and fearless eyes. The great government we loved has too often been made use of for private and selfish purposes and those who used it had forgotten the people.” Woodrow Wilson, 1913
“DIDN’T THE LORD DELIVER DANIEL
THE SUN FORBEARS TO SHINE
THE WIND BLOWS LIKE JUDGEMENT DAY
DIDN’T THE LORD DELIVER DANIEL
AND 0 LORD WHY NOT EVERYONE”
“…We have been proud of our industrial achievements but we have not hitherto stopped thoughtfully to count the human cost of energies enough overtaxed and broken. The fearful physical and spiritual cost to the man and woman and children upon whom the dead weight and burden of it all has fallen pitilessly the year through. With the great government went many deep secret things we too long delayed to scrutinize with candid and fearless eyes. The great government we loved has too often been made use of for private and selfish purposes and those who used it had forgotten the people.” Woodrow Wilson, 1913
tvgospel09
1989, 48″ x 48″ x 8″d, 04 terra cotta, steel and acrylic
