T.V.
Artist
Teal McKibben
(American, 1928 - 2006)
Date1993
Mediumpastel on paper
DimensionsImage: 60 1/8 x 40 1/8 in. (152.7 x 101.9 cm)
Frame: 60 13/16 x 40 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (154.5 x 103.5 x 6 cm)
Frame: 60 13/16 x 40 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (154.5 x 103.5 x 6 cm)
ClassificationsDrawing
Credit LineGift of the Teal McKibben Estate, 2011
Object number2011.10
DescriptionRealistic rendering of an interior scene with wooden statues and squash blossom necklaces (jewelry) around some of their necks; a television (t.v.) set is on the right side of the image displaying a ghostly image.eMuseum Notes
Teal McKibben’s large pastel drawing depicting the indigenous arts in the artist’s collection at home, with a television displaying a ghostly image. In this work, the art on the wall becomes real and the image on the TV becomes imaginary and illusive.
This is an import work for the museum that synthesizes European American art, Hispanic art, and Native American art. It is a modern version of Marsden Hartley’s painting El Santo, and like this work, acknowledges that ethnic art from the region are also art in a mainstream context
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