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Vanilla Nightmares #2

Two pages from the June 20,1986, New York Times, drawn on with charcoal and red crayon. At left, a naked, dark-skinned woman is drawn reclining, arms on top of her head, over headlines about South African apartheid. On the right, a bald, dark-skinned face with empty eye sockets is drawn over sports headlines and baseball standings. "Solution Solution The Black Space" is written over the face, with the "c" in black missing or erased.

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  • Two pages from the June 20,1986, New York Times, drawn on with charcoal and red crayon. At left, a naked, dark-skinned woman is drawn reclining, arms on top of her head, over headlines about South African apartheid. On the right, a bald, dark-skinned face with empty eye sockets is drawn over sports headlines and baseball standings. "Solution Solution The Black Space" is written over the face, with the "c" in black missing or erased.

Date:

1986

Artist:

Adrian Piper
American, born 1948

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Adrian Piper

Title

Vanilla Nightmares #2

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1986

Medium

Charcoal and red crayon, with erasing, on tan wove paper (newsprint)

Dimensions

60 × 70.3 cm (23 5/8 × 27 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Margaret Fisher Endowment

Reference Number

1992.744

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