ArtistJudith Peck
The Divide
Date2017
MediumOil on plaster on board
Dimensions40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Framed Size: 43 3/4 × 33 1/2 in. (111.1 × 85.1 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2020.022.1
ClassificationsPaintings
Locations
- Councilmember Janeese Lewis George (1350 Penn Ave NW, 105)
DescriptionIn 1987, Judith Peck began embedding plaster shards into her oil paintings to reference her grandparents’ immigration to America; the shards represent the broken world they left behind but always carried with them. As her work developed, she took a more universal view of human history. She aims to express that all people, in all times and places, have the same hopes and dreams, and also to convey how, despite our rifts, we might experience healing in a broken world. Peck depicts individuals with rich inner lives and compassionate personae that will activate viewers’ empathy. This relates to her belief that the human spirit always possesses hope, even in the most desperate of circumstances.
