What Does It Mean to Matter (Community Autopsy)
2019
Artist, American, born 1974
Artwork overview
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Medium
cotton appliquéd on furnishing and specialty fabrics
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 243.84 × 426.72 cm (96 × 168 in.)
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Accession
2021.1.1
More About this Artwork
Article: Artist Christopher Myers Considers What It Means to “Matter”
We talk with him about his process and inspiration, from the quilts of Gee’s Bend to cutouts by Henri Matisse.
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist;[1] private collection, New York; purchased 2020 by (Fort Gansevoort, New York and Los Angeles); purchased 2021 by NGA.
[1] The autopsy reports of Laquan McDonald, Sandra Bland, Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, Antwon Rose, Miriam Carey, Emantic Bradford, Ezell Ford, and Jordan Edwards were used by the artist as the basis for the work.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2019
Christopher Myers: Drapetomania, Fort Ganzevoort Los Angeles, 2019-2020.