Artwork Details
- Title
- Requiem for Charleston
- Artist
- Date
- 2016
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- overall: 76 × 77 × 2 3⁄8 in. (193.0 × 195.6 × 6.0 cm)
- Copyright
- © 2016, Lava Thomas
- Credit Line
- Gift of Nion McEvoy
- Mediums Description
- tambourines, pyrographic calligraphy on lambskin, acrylic discs and braided trim
- Classifications
- Highlights
- Subjects
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 2017.4A-Y
Artwork Description
Works by this artist (17 items)
Videos
Lava Thomas discusses her work Requiem for Charleston, which honors the nine men and women who died in a shooting on June 17, 2015, inside the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The artist explains her use of materials, including tambourines, black lambskin, black acrylic disks, and pyrographic calligraphy.
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