<I>The tears streamed, but inside she was a festival</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2022
name: label: Created by
content: Shinique Smith, American, born 1971
notes: label: Description
content: An abstract painting using multiple colors of paint and various colorful media on canvas. The painting is made of acrylic paint, graphite, crayon, and other mixed media on canvas. There are broad strokes of black paint in the foreground of the painting with light blue, pink, and yellow painted in the background. Bundles of fabrics have been tied, adhered and sewn to the surface of the canvas. On the top middle of the painting is a black plastic flower, a mirrored disc, and a multicolored piece of fabric attached to the canvas. On the middle of the canvas on the left side is a bundled piece of red and green fabric. On the top right side of the canvas is a mirrored disc. In the middle of the canvas is a multicolored and multi-patterned embroidered circle, and below that is a sealed clear plastic bag holding an embroidered patch. To the left of the embroidered circle is a red, black, yellow, and green piece of fabric with a red and floral patterned heart to the left of it. On the bottom middle of the canvas is another mirrored disc and next to that is an embroidered patch. The sides of the canvas is lined with black and white ribbon. The back of the canvas has the title of the painting and the artist's signature written on it at the top.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Abstraction
label: Topic
content: Art
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Museum purchase generously supported by American Express.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2023.103
objectType: label: Type
content: multimedia works
label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Shinique Smith
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acrylic paint, graphite, cloth, reflective glass, crayon and plastic with ribbon on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 84 × 84 × 2 1/2 in. (213.4 × 213.4 × 6.4 cm)