Red-Handed–Sudan: Don’t Turn Away
American Friends of the Episcopal Church of the Sudans
PO Box 3327
Alexandria, VA 22302
www.afrecs.org
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Red-Handed – Sudan: Don’t Turn Away
May 10 – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Historic Christ Church Auditorium
118 N. Washington Street
Alexandria, Virginia
Don’t Turn Away from Red-Handed
Art you can walk on, art you should walk on. Art meant to open your eyes to a world tragedy
going on right now.
An extraordinary one-day art installation by well-known artist Rosemary Feit Covey is coming to Old Town, Alexandria, Virginia, May 10. She calls the work “Red-Handed.” Covey designed the mixed-media installation to open our eyes to the suffering of people anywhere. It shows stylized bodies of hundreds of victims, each with hands dipped in red paint.
The Alexandria installation, offered by American Friends of the Episcopal Church of the Sudans, is subtitled “Sudan: Don’t Turn Away.” It focuses on awareness of the tens of thousands killed, and the tens of millions displaced and starving in the continuing, often-overlooked two-year civil war in Sudan.
Red-Handed is a powerful and dark sight. It encourages us not to look away, especially from a humanitarian crisis on the level occurring in Sudan. Rather than simply an exhibit of one abstract artwork for one cause, Covey explains, “I want my work to be a conduit to dialogue and awareness. The context changes the meaning of the work, the viewer becomes involved because walking on art, and on this particular image, is uncomfortable and meaningful.” And so, Covey collaborates with other artists and causes.
Red-Handed is designed to travel. Constructed in sections, it can change sizes and configurations from a simple wall poster to covering a ballroom floor to wrapping an exterior.
Red-Handed – Sudan: Don’t Turn Away will feature a 40 x 35-foot floor artwork meant to be walked on. Looking down, visitors will find ways to discover the toll of war in Sudan. Former U.S. Ambassadors will be on hand as well as members of the South Sudanese community to report what’s happening on the ground, and the American Friends of the Episcopal Church of the Sudans will offer ways to help.
The exhibit will be open Saturday, May 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Historic Christ Church, 118 N. Washington Street (2nd Floor) Alexandria. Admission is free.
Because of the intensity of the images, Red-Handed – Sudan: Don’t Turn Away is not suitable for young children.
Rosemary Feit Covey is a South African-born artist who is best known for her detailed wood block prints. Her work is housed in more than 40 major museum and library collections worldwide including the National Museum of American History, the New York Public Library Print Collection, Harvard University, the original collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Papyrus Institute in Cairo, Egypt, Georgetown University, Columbia University and Yale University.
Rosemary Feit Covey: Studio 224, Torpedo Factory, 1045 North Union Street, Alexandria, VA 22314. rosemaryfcovey@gmail.com
Instagram: @rosemary covey
Website: www.rosemaryfeitcovey.com
Represented by Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC. mortonfineart.com
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