Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24″, series of 10
This group of paintings retraces John F. Kennedy’s final presidential motorcade ride, starting from Love Field Air Force Base, and ending at Dealey Plaza with his assassination. Using a diagrammatic tourist’s map, the route is abstracted and executed in a series of minimalist paintings. The use of a strictly limited palette in various shades of red, white and blue references the conflicting theories about JFK’s death and signifies the episode’s continued symbolic power in the national identity. The series is a set of 10 consecutive paintings which begins at the scale of the county and zooms in to the exact street location of the assassination. The clean abstraction of the maps contrasts with the confused and conflicting accounts of the tragedy, and attempt to suggest a careful execution of the plan.
Included in “Don’t Know About History”, curated by Denise Markonish, ArtSpace
