The Era of the Tongue and Lung Phil Zimmermann by Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees

by Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTrees

Fleisher Art Memorial)in Philadelphia

I have always been fascinated with the making of miniature formations in a defined space

22 1/4 x 30 inches

I always like to talk about the process that led to its creation

The Era of the Tongue and Lung Phil Zimmermann by Kaylynn Sullivan TwoTreesTheEra of the Tongueand Lung is inspired by Zora Neale Hurston's1938 essay, Art and Such. Moors use of the text is enhanced by repetition and the multiple layering of colors. installed in a grid or quilt like manner, the pattern, rhythm, and color transform a little known Hurston excerpt into a contemporary image rich in connotation. In her essay, Hurston used the phrase in reference to the era of Frederick Douglass, a period of sound and emotion,of