CLEM AND THE ST. LOUIS BLUES
CLEM AND THE ST. LOUIS BLUES WABI is an 8x6 signed print. To make it I used a found, scotch-taped, b&w image of an elderly Black man and the sheet music for W.C. Handy’s “The St. Louis Blues’ which, it says, ushered in Modern Jazz. With the scotch tape over the photo and its ragged, torn bottom, the image of the unknown man and my use of it is a good example of wabi sabi. See detailed info about wabi sabi at peterjketchum.com. The blue stamp is the word in Japanese. #jazz #st_louis_blues #w_c_handy #foundphoto #appropriation #mixedmedia #wabisabi #blackamerican #ketchumart #peterjketchum