Amelia Akiko Frank

Josephine’s Song
 Wormholes
Some paintings
Floodwater Lassie
Exit wound
Porous vessel
Composites
Purity and danger
Resisting the wind
 Samurai mother
 Unbearable lightness
 Entanglements
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Writing

Studio
Sketchbooks


Information



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Amelia Akiko Frank


Josephine’s Song
Wormholes
Some paintings
Floodwater Lassie
Exit wound
Porous vessel
Purity and danger
Resisting the wind
Samurai mother
Unbearable lightness
[o"]


Writing


Studio
Sketchbook

Information



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Purity and danger
Excerpts included in Urban Legends at Columbia College Library, 2021
Reflection on dirt involves reflection on the relation of order to disorder, being to non-being, form to formlessness, life to death. Wherever ideas of dirt are highly structured their analysis discloses a play upon such profound themes.

Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo


Yellow Mirror, 2021. Oil and oil pastel on canvas, 24"x18". Oil study, 2021. Oil paint, oil pastel, and masking tape on Japanese blotting paper package. Salt Pillar, 2021. Pen on Arches paper, 9"x12". Flayed Horse, 2021. Ballpoint pen on paper. Object Spirit, 2021. Colored pencil and pen on paper. Cave, 2021. Oil and oil pastel on canvas, 20"x16". Cave Painting, 2021. Oil and oil pastel on canvas, 48"x30". Grandfather Vessel, 2021. Oil and charcoal on canvas. Grandmother Vessel, 2021. Oil and charcoal on canvas. Foreign Objects (1 & 2), 2021. Pen and colored pencil on chipboard, 7.5"x5". Burnt walnut on paper. Crowning, 2021. Oil on canvas, 40"x30". Private collection.

2021