Malcolm X Park

Date2010

MediumAcrylic and mixed media on handmade paper

Dimensions39 1/2 × 28 1/2 in. (100.3 × 72.4 cm) Framed Size: 49 1/2 × 38 1/2 in. (125.7 × 97.8 cm)

Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection

Object numberDCCAH2016.015.2

ClassificationsPaintings

Locations

DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (200 I Street SE)

DescriptionMalcolm x Park was created as part of a series of monoprints created while attending a residency with Pyramid Atlantic in the fall of 2010. As part of the residency proposal Gibson-Hunter made ten sheets of large paper. Using printmaking and painting processes, she created a series of abstracted landscapes. This series was inspired by the abstract/impressionist work of Japanese landscape painter, Chuta Kimura, (1917- 1987). Kimura spent the latter part of his life in France painting the garden of Clos-Saint Pierre, and the landscapes of Provence, France. Gibson-Hunter was drawn to his almost childlike use of unusual colors, and loose brushstrokes, being held together by the sophisticated employment of composition. Landscapes were a subject she rarely drew or painted. This subject matter was both a challenge and opportunity to stretch her comprehension and implementation of abstraction. Malcolm X Park is subtractive. Here Gibson-Hunter chose to emphasize impassioned color and tempo on a glorious summer day. The intention of this series was to experiment with elements in an urban park through the creation of abstracted landscapes. She also sought to utilize rhythm in the use of color and repeated forms.