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The Strong, Star-Bright Companions

Ellen Lesperance

4.2.11 – 5.15.11

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Ellen Lesperance

Variegated Sweater Worn by Ina May Gaskin as she Practiced Spiritual Midwifery on the Farm in Summertown, Tennessee: “I Felt Telepathic With all Mothers Before Me and Knew That We Were One Thing. We are the Perfect Flower of Eons of Experiment.”
2010
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper, hand-knit sweater and necklace
27.25 x 34.75 in
69.22 x 88.27 cm

Ellen Lesperance

1970, Joni Mitchell sings “Sittin’ in a Park in Paris, France, Reading the News and It’s All Bad, They Won’t Give Peace a Chance, That Was Just a Dream Some of Us Had” on the Johnny Cash Show and It’s Called the Symphonic Masterpiece of the 20th Century.
2011
Hand knit and sewn wool and silk dress and wood table
34.5 x 23 x 32.5 in
87.63 x 58.42 x 82.55 cm

Ellen Lesperance

Cardigan Worn by One Woman of the Boeing Five, Tried for Entering the Boeing Nuclear Missile Plant on on September 27th, 1983, Sentenced to Fifteen Days in the King County Jail For Defending Life on Earth.
2011
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper, hand knit sweater
27 x 34.5 in
68.58 x 87.63 cm

Ellen Lesperance

Por Vi, Helen Thomas, Nin Volon Deklam Poemo Kas Memor Greenham Cambro: “Sed Ili Estras Irinta – La Sanktuloj, Kiu Pas Kun Mi Citiu Solvleca Valeto, La Fortaj, Stelobrilas Kunuloj.” / For You, Helen Thomas, We Will Recite a Dirge and Remember Greenham…
2011
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
26 x 34.75 in
66.04 x 88.27 cm

Ellen Lesperance

Let Nawal el Saadawi’s Name be Written Into the History of a Victorious, New Egypt: Women’s Rights are Human Rights.
2011
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
27 x 34.5 in
68.58 x 87.63 cm

Ellen Lesperance

Dear Pippa Bacca, Let the Wearing of This Sweater Act as an Oath: That a Path of Peace Between Milan and Jerusalem be Traveled in Your Honor.
2011
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
27 x 34.5 in
68.58 x 87.63 cm

Ellen Lesperance

Seattle, 1999. Suddenly the Wind Changed and the Tear Gas Drifted Back Towards the Riot Police “We are a City of Peace and Love!” She Cried Out From Under a Faded Red Bandana.
2010
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
28 x 34.75 in
71.12 x 88.27 cm

Ellen Lesperance

Seattle, 1999. Suddenly the Wind Changed and the Tear Gas Drifted Back Towards the Riot Police “We are a City of Peace and Love!” She Cried Out From Under a Faded Red Bandana.
2010
Wool sweater and scarf hand knit by the artist
23 x 29.75 in
58.42 x 75.57 cm

Ellen Lesperance

She Gathered Together Scraps of Colored Trash From Around the Encampment and Used Them to Weave a Great, Rustling Rainbow Beneath the Razor Wire.
2011
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
27.5 x 34.5 in
69.85 x 87.63 cm

Ellen Lesperance

The Women of the Heresies Collective Meet on a Saturday Morning in 1977 Manhattan to Redress History.
2010
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
27 x 34.75 in
68.58 x 88.27 cm

Ellen Lesperance

1921, Anni Fleischmann Demonstrates Simultaneous Contrast Herself with the Help of a Knitted I-Cord Necklace; It Would Be a Year Before Even Meeting Josef Albers
2009
Gouache and graphite on tea stained paper
22 x 29 in
55.88 x 73.66 cm

Ellen Lesperance

1921, Anni Fleischmann Demonstrates Simultaneous Contrast Herself with the Help of a Knitted I-Cord Necklace; It Would Be a Year Before Even Meeting Josef Albers
2009
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