Chris Christion
I See No Ships
Incorporating techniques such as painting, drawing, sculpture, and digital erasure I explore aesthetic relations of slavery and post-slavery images, revisiting well-worn illustrations of plantations landscapes and maritime motifs I reflect on three themes of America in the 19th century: discovery, exploration, and settlement. I am interested in revised historical perspectives within which racial and cultural disparity and disharmony are acknowledged and essential to the understanding of self.
 Founders Table, 2014 Mixed Media Dimensions Variable |  Founders Table (Detail: David Tran & Thomas-Jefferson) Digital print 2014 |  Founders Table, (Detail: Jose Luis Saavedra & Benjamin Franklin) Digital print 2014 |
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 Founders Table, 2014 (Detail: motorized ships activated by timer) |  From Can't See In the Morning to Can't See at Night, 2012 Digitlal print with black sand and gouche 40" x 70" |  American PastOral, 2012 Digitlal print with black sand, acrylic and gouche 40x70 |
 The Re-intergration of the Negro, 2012 Digital print with black sand and diamond dust 24" x 30" |  Constellations, 2012 Chalkboard,gouache, acrylic 1 of 5 |  Constellations, 2012 Chalkboard,gouache, acrylic 2 of 5 |
 Constellations, 2012 Chalkboard,gouache, acrylic 3 of 5 |  Constellations, 2012 Chalkboard,gouache, acrylic 4 of 5 |  Constellations, 2012 Chalkboard,gouache, acrylic 5 of 5 |
 Constellations, 2012 Chalkboard,gouache, acrylic |  Reflection Must Have Confused Them (off) Model ship, lights, and mirror 6" x 6" x 8" |  Reflection Must Have Confused Them (on) Model ship, lights, and mirror 6" x 6" x 8" |
 Reflection Must Have Confused Them (off) Model ship, lights, and mirror 6" x 6" x 8" |  Reflection Must Have Confused Them (on) Model ship, lights, and mirror 6" x 6" x 8" |  trans-Atlantic-identities,-1713--1783, 2012 Acrylic and ground glass, on canvas |
 At the Worlds End, 2012 Acrylic and plastic on canvas |  Untitled, 2012 Acrylic, ground glass, and graphite on canvas |  Untitled, 2012 Acrylic, ground glass, and graphite on canvas |
 trans-Atlantic identities, 1713--1783 install 1 |  trans-Atlantic identities, 1713--1783 install 1 |  trans-Atlantic identities, 1713--1783 install 2 |
 trans-Atlantic identities, 1713--1783 install 3 |  trans-Atlantic identities, 1713--1783 install 4 |  Illuminating the Current Terrain in Which We Find ourselves Deployed, 2012 |
 Illuminating the Current Terrain in Which We Find ourselves Deployed, 2012 |  Illuminating the Current Terrain in Which We Find ourselves Deployed, 2012 |  Illuminating the Current Terrain in Which We Find ourselves Deployed, 2012 |
 Illuminating the Current Terrain in Which We Find ourselves Deployed, 2012 |  Illuminating the Current Terrain in Which We Find ourselves Deployed, 2012 |