Mixed Media Assemblage | 19 x 22 x 4 inches | Custom Framed
 
Frigid Air juxtaposes the subzero altitudes in which World War II bombers flew with the confines of the kitchen — where many women who had built those aircraft were steered postwar.
Part of the From War to Peace series — which sets wartime opportunity against postwar constraint — Frigid Air pairs archival images of women assembling bombers engineered for high-altitude, frigid conditions with a vintage refrigerator. Set into a palette of light periwinkle, blues, creams and gold, a small eagle pin belonging to the artist’s mother — who grew up during World War II — offers an understated emblem of service and family memory.
 
Quiet yet pointed, Frigid Air bridges women-in-WWII history, aviation imagery, and home-front narratives in a contemporary mixed media assemblage.
 
Materials: Garnet, Murano glass, freshwater pearls, dollhouse miniatures, art board, paper, ribbon, fabric, and public-domain WWII photographs from the National Archives
 
Framing: Archival museum glass in a deep black custom frame by Chevy Chase Art Gallery, Washington, DC.