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Lee Boot    Artwork
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Emotions as Things

2018-19
These are pictures of specific emotions. They are embedded in my city of Baltimore and emerge from layers of systems we cannot see but which are fully functional. These are data visualizations, though the data is unwieldy.

Boilermaker, 2019. Gouache and pigmented inkjet print collage, 19.5" x 14.5" A painting about anger that is contained, until it isn't. Indifference, 2018. Gouache and pigmented inkjet print collage, 19.5" x 14.5" I always liked the quote from the film, American Beauty, when the character Ricky Fitts says "Never underestimate the power of denial." Curse, 2019. Gouache and pigmented inkjet print collage, 19.5" x 14.5" For some streets and some corners, it's sometimes hard to shake the notion that there's a curse in place. Joy Machine, 2019. Gouache and pigmented inkjet print collage, 19.5" x 14.5" No matter what, people always seem to find emotional survival punctuated by moments of pure joy. Hope Frustrated, 2019. Gouache and pigmented inkjet print collage, 19.5" x 14.5" My city is largely segregated. For too many neighborhoods, promises are made and broken. Money only goes where money grows.