<I>Fluid Red Tone, Bass Clef</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2023
name: label: Created by
content: Jennie C. Jones, American, born 1968
notes: label: Caption
content: “There are social and political ramifications to rejecting ‘subject’ and embracing ‘object’—as an African American woman, much more is at stake. Minimalism becomes a radical gesture empowering a refusal to sell my narrative or bodies.” – Jennie C. Jones
label: Caption
content: Jennie C. Jones deftly unites the concepts of sound and color in a manner that encourages the viewer to imagine sound through visual and textural means. Painted acoustic panels and architectural felt, the title and materials reference both the bright red hue of the artwork and the musical nomenclature of the bass clef. Fluid Red Tone is minimalist in its careful attention to color, line, and structure. Yet, the vividness and variation, as well as the slight three-dimensionality, make a powerful visual statement.
label: Description
content: Fluid Red Tone, Bass Clef, by Jennie C. Jones, 2023. This large, square, abstract work is composed of layered architectural felt and acoustic panels, loosely placed above a bright red canvas. The deep red felt panels are primarily oriented towards the left side of the canvas, with the largest amount of visible red canvas on the right. On verso, the canvas is signed and dated by the artist at the bottom right corner [Jennie C. Jones / 2023].
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Abstraction
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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2024.37.1
objectType: label: Type
content: paintings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Jennie C. Jones
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: acrylic, acoustic panel, and architectural felt on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 48 13/16 × 48 13/16 × 1 15/16 in. (124 × 124 × 5 cm)