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Title: Between The Lines
Creator: Donis, Alex, Artist
Contributor: Donis, Alex, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1992
1992-01
Publication Information: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection: Self-Help Graphics and Art archives
Rights Information: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Description: Full bleed image vertically divided into two main areas, purple to the left, vanilla color to the right. In the left area is a pink form in the shape of a heart which allows to see through a photograph of a young man from the bust and up. In the center of the composition is a bigger photograph of a person, probably a man, who seems to be lying down. To the right is an enlarged photograph of a tree leaf. Enlarged hand written text in gold color extends all over the composition.
"This image mirrors various memories of my past and acts as a catalist (sic.) between dark episodes in my life and a new found hope. The dried leaf and petal act as testament to [the] fact that if you live in the past you can't make yourself availalble to the future and will surely wither away. I've also explored the everlasting implications that the written word has and in this case it finds it's metaphor in the form of a 'Dear John' letter." A. Donis
22/49; Signed;, Inscription in pencil below image area reads: "22/49, Maria [illegible], 92"; chopmark: embossed "SHG" insignia located in lower left corner inside image area.
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Type: image
Form/Genre: Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb7p3008rg
CEMA 3
Language: English
Subject: Memory in art
Chicano art
Mexican American art
Chicanos
Mexican Americans
Place: Los Angeles, (Calif.)

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