[A grey and white gridlike pattern fills the frame. Along the left and bottom sides of each square is a black and white barcode pattern. Each square is then filled with text that reads "e pluribus unum".]
Colin Chase
of cries and whispers (e pluribus unum #25) , 2019
Artwork Type: Drawings
Medium: Digital text drawing on rag, archival ink
Dimensions: Composition: 33 1/2 in x 33 1/2 in
Accession #: 20202561
Department: Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region
Credit: Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York, on behalf of the University at Albany Foundation, University Art Museum Purchase Award, supported by Munir and Ellen Jabbur, UAlbany Alumni Association Arts and Culture Committee, and University Art Museum Director’s Fund
Related Exhibition:
History Lessons
Copyright: © Colin Chase
Object Label:
Show Object Label(s)In e pluribus unum, Chase repeats the nation’s Latin motto “out of many, one,” stretching and flipping the text in square patterns that begin to resemble a quilt. By repeating the phrase and distorting it to the point of illegibility, Chase seems to emphasize the “many” of the phrase and call into question the unity of the “one.”
–History Lessons
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