Urban renewal

Urban renewal

Artist supplied tags
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

Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Artists' books -- United States
Library Keywords: Copy art

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).

Catalog record.

Gilbert, Sharon - 1944-2005

[United States?], S. Gilbert, 1992

Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries

2008

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