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Title
Ruminations: chair and box filled with objects
Creator
Coleman, Johnny (American installation artist, born 1958)
David Zapf Gallery
Contributor
InSITE92
Date Created and/or Issued
1992
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
inSite Archive: Selections
Rights Information
Unknown
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Description
Sculpture and Installations
"This installation, 'Ruminations,' is a dreamscape: an exploration of shifting narratives at the crossroads. In the wake of a painful and humiliating verdict in Simi Valley, and the searing image of L.A. in flames, I find myself focusing upon thresholds: a state of being on the line. The fire ain't out." -- Johnny Coleman, August, 1992
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 066)
[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California, United States
Type
image
Format
Found objects
Form/Genre
installations (visual works)
sculpture (visual work)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb96959005
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Race relations
Political art
Rodney King Riots (Los Angeles, California : 1992)
History
Installations (visual works)
Sculpture (visual work)
Mexican-American border region
InSITE92
Place
Mexican-American border region

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