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What Does It Mean to Matter (Community Autopsy), 2019

Medium

cotton appliquéd on furnishing and specialty fabrics

Dimensions

overall: 243.84 × 426.72 cm (96 × 168 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased as the Gift of Glenstone Foundation

Accession Number

2021.1.1

Artists / Makers

Christopher Myers (artist) American, born 1974

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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

Fort Gansevoort New York
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)

Exhibition History

2019: Christopher Myers: Drapetomania, Fort Ganzevoort Los Angeles, 2019-2020.

What Does It Mean to Matter (Community Autopsy), 2019

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