The Galleries at Moore
Pat Ward Williams Virtual Tour:
Negro Poster Girl 1989
1989
cyanotype print, color pencil, text, Xerox, 37" x  42"
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Italicized text by Pat Ward Williams
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Negro Poster Girl 1989 I made a piece about my being a hot property on the job market in 1989 and called it Negro Poster Gir1 1989. I used a photograph of myself with a distorted face. You can see that I was happy about what was going on but I was also confused, sometimes flattered, sometimes suspicious. In the background are the words from a verbose and dense affirmative action form. All around my face are little smiling lips that seem to be saying, “Oh, we are so glad to see you, and we are so glad to interview you.” All those little false smiles surrounding me. The windowframe was decorated with garlands that can be Xeroxed for the poster girl of 1990 whenever she comes along. They are fake accolades, phony praise [1991].