WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT
2024
Artist, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians/Cherokee Nation, born 1972
Artwork overview
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Medium
glass beads, plastic beads, nylon fringe, nylon thread, acrylic felt, found punching bag
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 312.42 × 38.1 × 38.1 cm (123 × 15 × 15 in.)
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Accession
2024.59.1
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Copyright
© Jeffrey Gibson Image: Max Yawney
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist; (Sikkema Jenkins & Co.New York); purchased 2024 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2024
60.Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, Stranieri Ovunque - Foregneirs Everywhere, June-November 2024, US Pavillion, no. 13, repro.
Bibliography
2024
Ash-Milby, Kathleen, Loius Grachos, and Abigail Winograd. The space in which to place me. Exh. brochure 60 Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte, La Biennale di Venezia, June-November 2024, US Pavillion, no. 13, repro.
Inscriptions
beaded text around the cylindrical punching bag: WE HOLD/ THESE TRUTHS/ TO BE/ SELF-EVIDENT