Ebony G. Patterson: …to dig between the cuts, beneath the leaves, below the soil… @ Hales New York

Ebony G. Patterson: …to dig between the cuts, beneath the leaves, below the soil…
@Hales New York
547 West 20th Street
NY 10011, USA
24 October - 20 December 2019

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Ebony G. Patterson
…a possum rises…a black bear falls...a pattoo takes watch…as children whisper through the leaves, 2019
Digital print on archival watercolor paper with hand-cut and torn elements, fabric, poster board, acrylic gel medium, feathered butterflies, costume jewelry
279.4 x 297.2 x 17.8 cm
110 x 117 x 7 in


Ebony G. Patterson
…sunsets and monarchs come to feast, snakes come to discover as she remains lost in plain sight…, 2019
Digital print on archival watercolor paper with hand-cut and torn elements, fabric, poster board, acrylic gel medium, feathered butterflies, moth specimens
284.5 x 254 x 22.9 cm
112 x 100 x 9 in


Ebony G. Patterson
…sunsets swarm, as frogs leap through the reeds as cockerel enters the bush to see a pair of leopards…, 2019
Digital print on archival watercolor paper with hand-cut and torn elements, fabric, poster board, acrylic gel medium, feathered butterflies, moth specimens, plaster cast hand with lace glove
261.6 x 238.8 x 27.9 cm
103 x 94 x 11 in


Ebony G. Patterson
…a nest above, checkered shoes, beyond a green felt hat, candles no longer lit in garden in bloom, 2019
Digital print on archival watercolor paper with hand-cut and torn elements, fabric, poster board, acrylic gel medium, feathered butterflies
284.5 x 345.4 x 17.8 cm
112 1/8 x 136 x 7 in


Ebony G. Patterson
…below the crows, a blue purse sits between the blades, shoes among the petals, a cockerel comes to witness…, 2019
Digital print on archival watercolor paper with hand-cut and torn elements, fabric, poster board, acrylic gel medium, feathered butterflies, costume jewelry
279.4 x 248.9 x 15.2 cm
110 x 98 x 6 in