Text, left to right, more or less:
“The bus will be here in 3 minutes. Reds are the last to board”
“Can’t have a party without the Reds!”
“Last on, first off!”
“Are you a woman dressed / as a horse or a horse trying / to pass as a woman?”
“Good question!”
“Anna goes where I go."
“Why not? / Robert is bringing his dog.”
Text Above, right to left: “What fun! Why can’t we have / parties like that?”
“Because you terrify everyone."
Reds Dress Up, 2019
39 x 55 inches.
Fabric, thread, screen-printing ink, buttons, Jade glue, residual latex paint, fusible adhesive on a contemporary tapestry copy of an 18th century gouache of the noblemen in service to of Duke d’Orleans.
View an image of Les Gentilshommes du Duc d’Orléans dans l’habit de Saint-Cloud, or read more about this work and Louis Carrogis Carmontelle here.
