Untitled (Five Hearts)

The five of hearts card - depicts a young child holding a balloon. The background texture is scanned from a doily made by the artist's mother. Ada Pullini Brown's Untitled piece was created in part of the 'Utopia/Dystopia' portfolio, curated by artist Miyo Stevens-Gandara. Miyo invited 26 artists to each pick two cards from a full deck, incorporating a diverse range of interpretations and ideas into a single, unified collection. Ada directly incorporates the "deck of cards" exhibition theme into her representations. In utopia, she portrays a young girl whose self forms the fifth heart. While her dystopian image shows the Queen of Clubs with a hand over her mouth, with the ominous caption "silence will not protect you" in Latin.