Zuma #82

1978

John Divola

Associated Names
John Divola

Artist, American, born 1949

This is a photograph of the interior of a room with graffiti on the walls. The walls are mostly white with a red horizontal line and a spray-painted geometric design with numbers and shapes in white in an alcove. There is clutter on the floor, including objects like a tube, a plastic container, and wires. An open door on the left reveals another small space or closet, with a blue arrow pointing upward and dots around it. The room's condition and the unconventional artwork give off an atmosphere of neglect or abandonment.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mark Ruwedel

  • Dimensions

    image: 24.77 × 30.48 cm (9 3/4 × 12 in.)
    sheet: 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2014.125.9

  • Copyright

    © John Divola, courtesy of Gallery Luisotti

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Divola, Riverside, CA; Mark Ruwedel, Long Beach, CA, 2014; gift to NGA (through Gallery Luisotti, Santa Monica, CA), 2014.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: © John Divola 1978; upper left: Z82-02

Wikidata ID

Q64155938

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