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.0195 “Louisiana Environments” installation, CAC New Orleans 1977

April 18, 2021September 17, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Materials plastered in wall. Site piece, demolished.

Installed for inaugural exhibition, “Louisiana Environments,” Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, 1977.

1977, installation, mixed media, paper, recordkeeping, saving/reusingcontemporaryart, installation, journaling, recordkeeping, savedmaterials

.0355 Icon 1987

April 14, 2021July 8, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Wax on wood.11”x 11”. Collection of the artist.

1987, painting, recordkeepingcontemporaryart, wax painting

.0354 Sacrifice 2 Baskets of Grain 1988

April 14, 2021July 8, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Wax, paper on wood, 22″x 18″. Collection of the artist.

1988, painting, recordkeepingcontemporaryart, journaling, recordkeeping, wax painting

.0351 Purple and Red I Ching 1987

April 14, 2021July 8, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Wax on wood,. 24″x24”. Location unknown.

Exhibited at Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1987, painting, recordkeepingcontemporaryart, journaling, recordkeeping, wax painting

.0350 Red I Ching 1987

April 14, 2021July 8, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Wax on wood. 12”x 12” without frame. Collection of the artist.

Exhibited at Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1987, recordkeepingcontemporaryart, journaling, recordkeeping, wax painting

.0349 33rd Year 1986

April 14, 2021July 8, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

 Wax on wood. 24”x 12”. Collection of the artist.

Exhibited at Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1986, painting, recordkeeping, saving/reusingcontemporaryart, journaling, recordkeeping, wax painting

.0347 Abundance/Revolution 1989

April 14, 2021July 8, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Wax on wood.19″x 13 1/2″. Collection of the artist.

1989, painting, recordkeepingcontemporaryart, journaling, wax painting

.0336 9:10 5/7/88 1988

April 13, 2021January 27, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Wax on wood. 12”x 10”. Collection of the artist.

1988, painting, recordkeepingcontemporaryart, journaling, painting, recordkeeping, wax painting

.0335 1988

April 13, 2021January 27, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Wax on wood. 11”x 9”. Collection of the artist.

1988, painting, recordkeepingcontemporaryart, painting, recordkeeping, wax painting

.0333 Manifestation Exercise#3 (The Big Dipper at Noon) 1987

April 13, 2021January 27, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Wax on wood. 24″x 24″. Collection of Susan Yashar.

Exhibited at Anton Gallery, Washington, D.C.

1987, painting, recordkeepingcontemporaryart, painting, recordkeeping, wax painting

.0329 Bride’s Vessel 2015

April 11, 2021April 10, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

Fabric and batting over wire. 23”x  7″diameter.

Exhibited at the American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C., 2015.

2015, Fabric, figurative, recordkeeping, saving/reusingcontemporaryart, fiberart, recordkeeping, savedmaterials, sculpture

.0173 30-40 Artworks(compacted) 1976-78 5/1978

April 10, 2021September 17, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

30-40 Betsy Packard artworks from 1976-78, compacted. 19”x 15”x 9” and 18”x 15”x 9”. Location unknown.

Exhibited at the Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.,1984.

1978, compression, mixed media, recordkeeping, saving/reusingcompression, contemporaryart, journaling, mixed media, recordkeeping, savedmaterials, sculpture

.0150 4 Piece Place Setting 1985

April 10, 2021October 17, 2022betsypackardLeave a comment

4 piece place setting. Glue or Rhoplex. Collection of Renee Magnanti and Bill Pangburn.

1985, Ceramic, recordkeeping, saving/reusingcontemporaryart, recordkeeping, savedmaterials, sculpture

.0089 Shoes 1980

April 5, 2021March 13, 2023betsypackardLeave a comment

Newspaper. 13 1/2”x 12”x 6 1/2”. Location unknown.

Exhibited at the Washington Project for the Arts, 1984.

1980, journaling, mixed media, paper, recordkeeping, saving/reusingcontemporaryart, journaling, mixed media, newspaper, savedmaterials, sculpture

.0084 Hair in Tip Envelopes 2003

April 5, 2021March 13, 2023betsypackardLeave a comment

Gratuity envelopes, clients’ hair, cement. 11″x 8″x 5 1/2″. Collection of the artist.

Exhibited in “Hair Apparent,” curated by Twig Murray,  The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA, 2013. 

2003, Cement, hair, recordkeeping, saving/reusingcontemporaryart, journaling, mixed media, recordkeeping, savedmaterials, sculpture
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