"No More Speech" oil on canvas by Claudia Jimenez

Collection — Item: 1

Identifier: RITDSA-0188

Staff Only

Content Description

This painting was purchased after being shown in the Arte del Corazon exhibition at the Dyer Arts Center, which closed on 16 December 2017 (https://www.rit.edu/ntid/dyerarts/sites/rit.edu.ntid.dyerarts/files/images/Arte%20de%20Corazon%20Flyer%20eng.jpg).

Dates

Creation: 2016

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 61 x 92 cm

Language

English

Additional Description

Overview

The collection contains one oil painting by Deaf Latinx artist Claudia Jimenez. The painting depicts a nude dark-haried woman at center with outstretched arms with a dove emerging from her left hand. Upper-half background depicts a star-filled sky over a white cloud at center. Images from left to right at lower portion of painting depict six men in suits, a baby bound by coiled wires at the wrists and neck, a man facing a megaphone apparatus that connects to the baby and another nude woman connected by coiled wires attached at the neck and wrists. At right are flowers held by cupped hands and a tree with revealed roots. Signature of artist in black at bottom right corner of painting.