Hemphill's Aboriginal Bark Painting Collection
Anna WurrkidjMilmilngkan, 2008
natural pigments on bark
48 3/4" x 18 1/2"
Fiona Jin-majinggal MasonJimajima - Water Lilies, 2009
natural pigments on bark
40" x 16"
Hemphill has a collection of bark paintings by aboriginal artists from Australia. These pieces, made in the 2000s, are interesting as art deeply-rooted in another culture that are impervious to the influence of American and European traditions. At the same time, if compared with older ones, these bark paintings are less figurative, thus making them relatable to American and European contemporary art.
Franz Jantzen
McSorley's Bar, 2005
digital assemblage
43" x 110"
The Conservator In
His Laboratory, 2006-07
digital assemblage
43" x 55"
natural pigments on bark
40" x 16"
Hemphill has a collection of bark paintings by aboriginal artists from Australia. These pieces, made in the 2000s, are interesting as art deeply-rooted in another culture that are impervious to the influence of American and European traditions. At the same time, if compared with older ones, these bark paintings are less figurative, thus making them relatable to American and European contemporary art.
Franz Jantzen
McSorley's Bar, 200543" x 110"
The Conservator InHis Laboratory, 2006-07
digital assemblage
43" x 55"
Franz Jantzen is an artist based in Washington, DC. Although he’s a photographer, his most distinct works in Hemphill’s collection are his digital assemblages. He manipulates and combines different photographs to create composite aerial views that give us broad, complete pictures of each of these locations. The works are interesting because they force us to see spaces in unconventional ways. The assemblages force us to consider all the aspects of a location at once, as opposed to focusing on one detail at a time.
Mingering Mike
Mingering Mike:
Can Minger Mike Stevens Really Sing, (Mar., 1969 Release), printed 2008
archival pigment print
14" x 14"
Mingering Mike: Isolation (Minger, May 1975), printed 2008
archival pigment print
14" x 14"
From Mingering Mike's website:
"Between 1968 and 1977 Mingering Mike recorded over fifty albums, managed thirty-five of his own record labels, and produced, directed and starred in nine of his own motion pictures. In 1972 alone he released fifteen LPs and over twenty singles, and his traveling revue played for sold out crowds the world over.
How is it that such a prolific musician has gone under the radar for the more than thirty years? The answer is that all took place in Mike's imagination, and in the vast collection of fake cardboard records and acapella home recordings that he made for himself as a teenager in Washington, D.C. in the late 1960s."
Hemphill has prints of these fake cardboard records covers and recently exhibited them in a show.
Mingering Mike
Mingering Mike:Can Minger Mike Stevens Really Sing, (Mar., 1969 Release), printed 2008
archival pigment print
14" x 14"
Mingering Mike: Isolation (Minger, May 1975), printed 2008archival pigment print
14" x 14"
From Mingering Mike's website:
"Between 1968 and 1977 Mingering Mike recorded over fifty albums, managed thirty-five of his own record labels, and produced, directed and starred in nine of his own motion pictures. In 1972 alone he released fifteen LPs and over twenty singles, and his traveling revue played for sold out crowds the world over.
How is it that such a prolific musician has gone under the radar for the more than thirty years? The answer is that all took place in Mike's imagination, and in the vast collection of fake cardboard records and acapella home recordings that he made for himself as a teenager in Washington, D.C. in the late 1960s."
Hemphill has prints of these fake cardboard records covers and recently exhibited them in a show.
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