Metro Traffic Control

1992

Chris Faust

Associated Names
Chris Faust

Artist, American, born 1955

This is a photograph of a traffic control room. The room is large with numerous television monitors displaying real-time footage of various roadways and highways. The monitors are neatly arranged on the walls, filling the entire room practically from floor to ceiling with grid-like precision. In front of the monitors, there are several desks with communication equipment, computers, and other electronic devices, all designed to monitor and manage traffic flow effectively. The atmosphere is organized, technological, and indicative of a strategic environment central to urban traffic management systems.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 30.48 × 96.52 cm (12 × 38 in.)
    sheet: 36.83 × 104.78 cm (14 1/2 × 41 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.60


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Christ Faust, St. Paul, MN; Paine Webber & Co., New York, 16 July 1996; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, signed by artist, lower right in black ink: Chris Faust 1992; lower left in black ink: Metro Traffic Control, Minnesota Dept. of Transportation, Minneapolis Mn.


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