E.E Smith

E.e Smith

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Exposition : The Ballad of Delia by E.E. Smith

Smith E.E

Kim Foster Gallery is pleased to present, The Ballad of Delia, an installation of new photo-based oil prints by E.E. Smith. This piece is part of a series in which Smith utilizes song forms as the point of departure for her work. The Ballad of Delia consists of 10 panels of varying sizes that tell the story of Delia Greene’s murder, an account best known from covers by Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan. Like the singers, and especially the now-forgotten songwriters, Smith takes liberties with the telling of the tale, presenting various details and asking the viewer to fill in the story. Each panel represents a clue to this murder mystery, yet stylistically they differ. The lush landscape harkens back to the evocative paintings of Albert Pinkham Ryder, drawing us into the location of the crime. Other images are shockingl...