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Donald Woodman
This Ain’t My First Rodeo
Photograph, prismacolor, acrylic wash and ink, paper
24"
x 20"
Members of the gay community have become major
participants in American rodeos that have begun to
accept lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender competi-
tors. These events promote acceptance for the queer
community as well as a celebration of Western culture.
Estelle Yarinsky
Deportation
, 1995
Textile
29"
x 27"
Inspired by the story of Jewish citizens of Paris who were
rounded up during the Nazi occupation and sent to death
camps, this wall hanging documents the varicolored
patches and shapes used by the Nazis to identify the
various “undesirables”: yellow stars for Jews, pink trian-
gles for homosexuals, black, red and green for dissidents,
communists, gypsies. In this work, a large swastika forms
the background over which the triangles and stars are
sewn. Harsh metallic braid and menacing pointed edges
express the hell that awaited the victims.
