The next 15 works have been posted @dirtyfranksbar (on Instagram!)...so we have 80% of the art up for bidding, with 23 hours left to bid. The best news of all is that with more than 60 additional works already contributed — and with kind and generous artists still knocking on our door — WE'RE DOING THIS AGAIN! (Probably in late February. We'll know soon.) The idea that we have possibly happened on a "blueprint" for the survival of Dirty Frank's also points us to this cyanotype from JESSICA BARBER. Engineers long used this photographic process -- a combination of light and chemicals -- to copy large schematics and plans, leading to the coinage. In the hands of an experienced photographer, a cyanotype can accentuate mood, draw out unexpected elements, add qualities such as texture and in this case, a sense of pathos. When you think about it, we have seen many photographs from inside Eastern State. Rarely has the nature of the place been so viscerally conveyed. That's the power of a gifted artist harnessing a medium.
JESSICA BARBER
“Barren Cell at Eastern State Penitentiary”
cyanotype on fabric
9.5x7.5 framed
current top bid (8 PM Saturday): 60.
