Ellen Gallagher

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Ellen Gallagher is a contemporary artist from the United States. First studying writing at Oberlin College, and then earning a degree in fine arts from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, she is known for her innovative mixed media work. Ellen Gallagher’s themes often include issues of race, as well as mythology and the dynamics between history and the present.

« When a writer makes something, it's theirs forever.
That is the magic for me. »
Ellen Gallagher

Duke

Photography - Photogravure

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One of Ellen Gallagher’s most famous works, an ongoing series called Watery Ecstatic, showcases her techniques and topics. The pieces center on a mythological underwater world people by the descendants of those lost at sea during the Middle Passage, and, in keeping with the sailing motif, feature a heavy etching into thick watercolor paper, alluding to the scrimshaw art that sailors etched into whalebone.

« My work is on the one hand laboured, and on the other completely happenstance and intuitive. »
Ellen Gallagher

Another of Ellen Gallagher’s favorite techniques is collage and mosaic works, with images and advertisements culled from vintage issues of African American publications such as Ebony. Ellen Gallagher works out of New York City and Rotterdam.

United States / female artist / Art Fabrication / Minimalism / Appropriation / Conceptual art / Contemporary Art / Gestural / Abstract art

ARTWORKS BY Ellen Gallagher

Ellen Gallagher

Duke, 2004

Photography

Photogravure

Currently Not Available

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What is appropriation?

Appropriation in art involves using pre-existing images or objects with little or no modification. This technique has played a significant role across various art forms, including visual arts, music, performance, and literature. In visual arts, appropriation refers to the practice of adopting, sampling, recycling, or borrowing elements—or even entire forms—of existing visual culture, integrating them into new works to create meaning or critique.

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