Trenton Doyle Hancock
Color Flash for Chat and Chew, Paris Texas in Seventy-Two

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Artist Trenton Doyle HancockAmerican, born 1974

CultureAmerican

Titles

Color Flash for Chat and Chew, Paris Texas in Seventy-Two

Date2020

MediumWool and silk on a cotton foundation

DimensionsOverall: 128 3/4 × 292 1/2 in. (327 × 743 cm)

Credit LineMuseum commission funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund

Object number2019.692

Current Location

The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building

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On view

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Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Object Type

FIBER ARTS

Description

Trenton Doyle Hancock constructs his work around narratives
that weave together autobiography, myth, and popular culture to address universal
concepts of light and dark, good and evil. Color Flash for Chat and Chew, Paris
Texas in Seventy-Two depicts a multihued forest saturated with color, for Hancock
the world’s most nurturing substance and an antidote to racism. At the same time,
the title pays homage to the “chat and chew” visits his aunt hosted for friends
and family in Paris, Texas, in the 1970s.

ProvenanceThe artist; [Jaime Odabasian, Miami]; commissioned by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Lower right corner: [TDH Productions logo]

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