As I Sit Here Musing, Fires Will Burn

Work on Paper

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DePaul Art Museum

Name/Title

As I Sit Here Musing, Fires Will Burn

Entry/Object ID

2011.11

Description

Circular image of a blue-shrouded figure and other smaller abstracted forms. Reference to the Wizard of Oz with red glitter shoes on a yellow brick road.

Artwork Details

Medium

Acrylic, Coffee stains, modeling paste, gesso, glitter

Acquisition

Notes

Collection of the DePaul Art Museum, Richard Driehaus Charitable Lead Trust

Made/Created

Artist

Ahkami, Negar

Date made

2003

Ethnography

Notes

Asia, Iran North America United States Iranian born

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Class

WORKS ON PAPER; MIXED MEDIA

Dimensions

Dimension Description

sheet

Width

50 in

Length

50 in

Exhibition

Fires Will Burn: Politically Engaged Art from the Permanent Collection

Interpretative Labels

Label

As I Sit Here Musing, Fires Will Burn Ahkami, Negar 2003 Circular image of a blue-shrouded figure and other smaller abstracted forms. Reference to the Wizard of Oz with red glitter shoes on a yellow brick road.