Millie Brown

Rachel Whiteread

Pae White

Porcelain popcorn with gold glaze

Roni Horn

Pink Tons

2009

Pink Glass

John McCracken

Think Pink, 1967

IV, 1985

Flare, 2008

Sol LeWitt drawings

Dyes

Different Plant Dyes:

• Catechu (brown) - from resin(sticky substance that comes from plant) of acacia tree.
• Fustic (yellow) - from the wood of the fustic tree.
• Henna (orange-red) - from leaves of the henna plant.
• Indigo (blue), is from leaves and stems of the indigo plant.
• Logwood (black) - from the core(heart) of the logwood tree.
• Madder (Turkey red) - from the roots of the madder plant.
• Quercitron (yellow) - from the inner bark of the black oak tree.
• Saffron (yellow) - from stigmas of the common crocus.
• Turmeric (violet) - from roots of the turmeric plant.Major Animal Dyes:
  • Cochineal (red) - from bodies of cochineal insects.
  • Tyrian Purple (purple or crimson) - from the bodies of some types of marine snails.
  • Sepia (brown) - from secretions of several types of cuttlefish.

  Mineral Dyes:

  • Chrome Green - from a compound of chromium and oxygen.
  • Chrome Red - from a compound of chromium and lead.
  • Chrome Yellow - from a compound of chromic acid and lead.
  • Prussian Blue - from a compound of iron and cyanide.

  
  

Jane & Louise Wilson

Lindsay Obermeyer

Frances Pickering

Mark Dion

Mark Dion is an explorer, naturalist, archaeologist, botanist, historian, and artist all rolled into one. His recent art actions and museum installations have focused on archaeological digs at unusual sites, deemed “historically insignificant” by local historians.

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