Butterfly

Abstract

Many Deaf artists have incorporated butterflies in their work, often to represent freedom to express oneself in ASL. Butterflies themselves are Deaf, so they represent deaf people. Guy uses wire to shape the hands showing the sign for butterfly.

Creator

Guy Wonder

He/Him/His

Title

Butterfly

Date

2013

Medium

Mixed media

Description

A blue butterfly with chick wire overlay. There is a pair of wire hands, one on each wing. A wire grid overlays the butterfly. The artwork is on a yellow canvas.

Source

Raymond Rodgers

Citation

Guy Wonder He/Him/His, “Butterfly,” RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center , accessed April 16, 2024, https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/items/show/574.