My Hearing Aids
A black and white hearing aid placed in the middle of the collage painting. The colors of the background are blue, some of yellow, blueish green and black.
Each label has words on it - “Oh, you poor thing I will pray for you”, “Never mind, I will tell you later”, “REPEAT AFTER ME! A, E, I, O, U…”, “Dumb”, “I am warning you no sign language!”, “SPEAK UP!”, “SPEAK ONLY”, “STOP HANDS MOVING!”, “WHY CAN NOT YOU UNDERSTAND?”, “You sound weird!”, “Deaf and Mute”, “NO GESTURE HERE.”, “STUPID”, “STOP CRYING”, “Oh, you are deaf! I am so sorry.”, “NO SIGN LANGUAGE!”, “WHY DIDN’T YOU PRACTICE SPEAKING AT HOME?”, “DID YOU WEAR HEARING AID AT HOME?”, “SIGN LANGUAGE IS BAD!”, “OH, YOU CAN TALK!”, “Can you lip reading?”.
Neena Suresh
2018
Deafening White Noise
A collage of images on a black background, creating the shape of a person with their arms and hands outstretched to the side. On the top left, a head with curly hair is visible with eyes showing but the mouth is obscured by a blue wave. The torso consists of brown and tan handshapes. The arms and shoulders are made of black sketches on white shapes of various body parts, leading from ear parts on the shoulder areas to parts of the hand, heart, eyes, mouths, etc where the arms would normally be. At the ends of the arms areas is a group of brown and tan hands in a variety of handshapes. On bottom right is white text: lori dunsmore @moments_by_lori.
Lori Dunsmore
2021
Beauty of Sign Language Movement I
An abstract painting on a blue and pink background. Curving bright lines varying in width and in hues of green, blue, yellow, and red. On the very top layer are fine lines of white.
Tracey Salaway
She/Her/Hers
2017
From the permanent collection of the RIT/NTID Dyer Arts Center
Memorial Pier
Ornate gold frame and grid wire of various sizes, with photographs of naked men. There is a heart with mesh wire.
<a href="https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/exhibits/show/deafqueerart/guywonder">Guy Wonder</a><br /><br />He/Him/His
2001
Mother of Lesbos
Painting of two women with semi-transparent nude in back, and collage of happy faces of women at bottom. Also, collage of woman’s eyes looking out from behind wooden barrier
<a href="https://dyerartscenter.omeka.net/exhibits/show/deafqueerart/bettygmiller">Betty G. Miller</a>
She/Her/Hers
2001