Look 009

Tommy Mitchell

Look 009, 2018.

12 x 12 in., 30.48 x 30.48 cm

Ballpoint pen and acrylic on watercolor paper mounted on panel.

 

This work showcases a black woman as an “icon” from the Byzantine era. The word “Deity” fashions the figure in a magazine like styling while a halo adorns her holiness and facilitates a sense of communication with the divine.