SANTOS
good-bye seven sisters
a narrative that follows seven sisters of the same age and name, whose transformation from figures to ghosts touch on memory, loss, fiction, and the multiple. Childhood anecdotes influence the serigraphed text and etched illustrations, and form pages of an unbound book/folio in an edition of 7. Accompanying the prints is a small disc of 3 originally composed and performed songs by the artist. Installed in the corner of a dim lit gallery space, g.s.s. invites viewers to step within and experience an archive.
good-bye seven sisters
2006
12 ½” x 8 ½”x 1”
Silkscreen, etching, and aquatint on Arches paper.
Fabric and board, CD.
Edition of 7 books
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