<I>Fire Water</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1994
name: label: Created by
content: Malene Djenaba Barnett, American
notes: label: Description
content: A painting consisting of two layers of paper with a cutout in shape of a bathing suit at the center. At the center of the painting the bathing suit is a one piece with a sweetheart neckline and a red, blue, green, and yellow design. The design has a face at the center of the bathing suit with a blue circle that has a red center and a yellow lined design inside of it where the mouth should be. The eyes of the face at the top of the bathing suit are blue ovals with a green lined design at the center of them. The nose of the face has a blue lined design on each side and a green center. The neckline of the bathing suit has red, green, and blue rectangles across it. Above the eyes are red triangles with vertical lines down them. Below the eyes are red and yellow squares. Below the nose are blue dots over a black background. Around the circle where the mouth should be are red and blue rectangles that have different lined designs inside of them. At the bottom of the painting there is water staining and mold at the bottom of the front, back, and between the two layers of paper.
place: label: Place made
content: New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Africa
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Visual Arts
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Malene Djenaba Barnett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2025.18.23
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Malene Djenaba Barnett
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: paint on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 29 × 23 in. (73.7 × 58.4 cm)