SUM Artists: Visual Diagrams & Systems-Based Explorations

Spring 2020

The students were particularly inspired by the following pieces at the 2020 Wellin SUM exhibit. These pieces opened their eyes to the many ways in which elements of social systems can be visually represented in creative ways through different fonts, graphs, maps, collages, annotated images, and other media.

Jennifer Dalton

To Whose Opinions Am I Listening?, 2011
Acrylic and pencil on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles

Mary Beth Edelson

Some Living American Women/Last Supper, 1972
Hand-colored and stamped offset print
Collection of the Deleget Martinez Family

RYAN! Elizabeth Feddersen

Kill the Indian, Save the Man, 2017
Mixed-media installation (vinyl, thermoch­­­romic ink, and charting tape)
Courtesy of the artist

Daniel Feral

The Feral Diagram on Graffiti and Street Art, 2011
Offset lithograph
Collection of the Deleget Martinez Family

Guerrilla Girls

Displays the piece: How Many Women Had One-Person Exhibitions at NYC Museums Last Year?, 1985, by Guerrilla Girls.

How Many Women Had One-Person Exhibitions at NYC Museums Last Year?, 1985
Offset lithograph
Courtesy of the Guerrilla Girls

Guerrilla Girls’ 1986 Report Card, 1986
Offset lithograph
Courtesy of the Guerrilla Girls

Displays the piece: Women in America Earn Only 2/3 of What Men Do, 1985, by Guerrilla Girls.

Women in America Earn Only 2/3 of What Men Do, 1985
Offset lithograph, 17 x 22 in. (43.2 x 55.9 cm)
Courtesy of the Guerrilla Girls

Displays the piece: Only 4 Commercial Galleries in N.Y. Show Black Women, 1986, by Guerrilla Girls.

Only 4 Commercial Galleries in N.Y. Show Black Women, 1986
Offset lithograph
Courtesy of the Guerrilla Girls

Loren Munk

Displays the piece: The East Village 1979-1989, 2011–13, by Loren Munk.

The East Village 1979-1989, 2011–13
Oil on linen
Courtesy of the artist

John O’Connor

Displays the piece: Psychopath, 2013, by John O’Connor.

Psychopath, 2013
Colored pencil and graphite on paper
Courtesy of the artist and Pierogi Gallery, New York

Wendy Red Star

1880 Crow Peace Delegation, 2014
Five archival pigment prints from a series of ten
Courtesy of the artist

Faith Ringgold

United States of Attica, 1972
Offset lithograph
Courtesy of the artist and ACA Galleries, New York

Dread Scott

Displays the piece: #WhileBlack, 2018, by Dread Scott.

#WhileBlac, 2018
Diptych of two screenprints
Courtesy of the artist

Ward Shelley

Displays the piece: Addendum to Alfred Barr, Extended Narrative V.2, 2019, by Ward Shelley.

Addendum to Alfred Barr, Extended Narrative V.2, 2019
Acrylic and toner on Mylar
Courtesy of the artist and Pierogi Gallery, New York

Displays the piece: Who Invented the Avant Garde, Redux V. 1, 2019, by Ward Shelley.

Who Invented the Avant Garde, Redux V. 1, 2019
Acrylic and toner on Mylar
Courtesy of the artist and Pierogi Gallery, New York

Batia Suter

Parallel Encyclopedia #2, 2018
Book
Published by Roma Publications, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Parallel Encyclopedia #2, 2018
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Massimo Vignelli (Italian, 1931–2014), with Joan Charysyn and Bob Noorda of Unimark International Corporation

Displays the piece: New York City Subway Guide, 1972, Massimo Vignelli (Italian, 1931–2014), with Joan Charysyn and Bob Noorda of Unimark International Corporation.

New York City Subway Guide, 1972
Offset lithograph
Published by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Collection of the Deleget Martinez Family

John Zinsser

Displays the piece: David Zwirner / Carol Greene / Art Basel Miami Beach, from the series “The Aviary,” 2016, by John Zinsser.

David Zwirner / Carol Greene / Art Basel Miami Beach, from the series “The Aviary,” 2016
Graphite on paper

Marcia Hafif Chronology, 2015
Graphite on bristol, three pages

Sebastian C. Adams

A Chronological Chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History, 1871 (second edition, published 1876)
Color lithograph
Printed by Strobridge & Co. Lith.
Special Collections, Burke Library, Hamilton College