Red Cotton, 2021, paper thread and raw cotton, 20 x 16 in. / 50.8 x 40.64 cm.

Red Cotton, Ann Silverman, 2021, paper thread and raw cotton, 20 x 16 in. / 50.8 x 40.64 cm.

Tight weave and open weave in the cotton sack reference tensions in our relationships with a product and the labor involved in its production. Intense red was used to reference the blood and sweat of enslaved labor.