Nava Atlas Unwedded Blitz, 2009, Silkscreen on rag paper
Item Number: LOT A - 3
Time Left: CLOSED
Value: $1,200
Online Close: Oct 5, 2014 10:00 PM EDT
Bid History: 0 bids
Description
In the series Love and Marriage, Atlas altered comic book stories from the 1950s. The original dialog has been removed, replaced by deadpan banter between male and female characters on the mythology of modern marriage, supermoms, over the-top weddings, and monogamy, and more.
Unwedded Blitz, 2009, Silkscreen on rag paper 7 1/2 x 15 7/8 inches
Nava Atlas is a Hudson Valley-based artist whose work includes limited print editions, altered books, and text-driven objects that address issues of social justice, often with a liberal dose of irony. She has exhibited nationally A permanent archive of her papers, detailing her work as an exhibiting artist, book artist, author, and vegan food writer and activist, is housed at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture, a division of the Duke University Libraries in Durham, NC.
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