MY DARLING QUEEN, MY HEART ACH ALBERTHA
MY DARLING QUEEN, MY HEART ACH ALBERTHA is an 8X6 limited edition, signed print. It was made by blowing up, fiddling with a found 1940s studio portrait of a woman named Albertha. She stands in front of a crudely painted backdrop of a ship. Someone in her life most likely was in the Navy. That person wrote in blueish ink “My darling queen My heart Ach(sic).
I put Albertha in an adapted period frame from WWII. The big letters USA and the flags are as printed on the original cardboard frame.The Japanese characters for wabi sabi on the upper left were added.
MY DARLING QUEEN is part of my ongoing wabi-sabi series which appropriates found b&w photos in less than perfect condition: tintypes, snapshots, cabinet cards, etc. I leave all original damages: writing, scotch tape, and marks on the photo.
Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese aesthetic that values the imperfect, the handmade and the simple. It finds beauty in things impermanent, and incomplete. It celebrates the flawed beauty that comes with age, and the rough wear and tear of life.
Albertha most likely has sailed on to the next port leaving this world of heart achs behind. #navy #blackamerican #usanavy #americanflags #ww2 #foundphoto #love #wabisabi #heartaches #affordableprints #peterjketchum #ketchumart # artspanprints
I put Albertha in an adapted period frame from WWII. The big letters USA and the flags are as printed on the original cardboard frame.The Japanese characters for wabi sabi on the upper left were added.
MY DARLING QUEEN is part of my ongoing wabi-sabi series which appropriates found b&w photos in less than perfect condition: tintypes, snapshots, cabinet cards, etc. I leave all original damages: writing, scotch tape, and marks on the photo.
Wabi-sabi is an ancient Japanese aesthetic that values the imperfect, the handmade and the simple. It finds beauty in things impermanent, and incomplete. It celebrates the flawed beauty that comes with age, and the rough wear and tear of life.
Albertha most likely has sailed on to the next port leaving this world of heart achs behind. #navy #blackamerican #usanavy #americanflags #ww2 #foundphoto #love #wabisabi #heartaches #affordableprints #peterjketchum #ketchumart # artspanprints