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Title
Urban renewal
Subject
Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords:
Artist Keywords:
Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords: Industrialization / decay
Sam Fox Keywords: Political / social commentary
Sam Fox Keywords: Industrialization / decay
Sam Fox Keywords: Political / social commentary
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Artists' books -- United States
Library Keywords: Copy art
Library Keywords: Artists' books -- United States
Library Keywords: Copy art
Description
Title Description - A book of matches in a zip-lock bag with photo-copied images of nature, and a New York Times article on the matchbook industry. This book/object makes a wry comment on the decay of U.S. cities in light of the L.A. riots. "A standard matchbook was altered to comment on our volatile society in the aftermath of the L.A. riots and particularly on the power of simplistic solutions.”--artist’s statement. 29 June 2009 (printedmatter.org).
Creator
Gilbert, Sharon - 1944-2005
Source
[United States?], S. Gilbert, 1992
Publisher
Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries
Date
2008
Identifier
gil_sha_pro_0049_0109
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