Requiem for September 11

About the work

silkscreen on organza 45 banners, each banner 17' x 4' 2002 Requiem for September 11th was my response to the tragic events of September 11, 2001. For the 10 months following 911, I cut and re-assembled the ‘Portrait of Grief’ pages from the New York Times. This was my way of doing something, anything about this national tragedy. As I read the sketches I cried and laughed and was saddened by so many lives cut short. I was struck by the youth of the victims and their apparent normalcy. These were not captains of industry, but ordinary people aspiring for a good life. What spoke to me most were the victims' faces, mostly smiling in snapshots of happy times.