Alfredo Jaar

Searching for Gramsci

2004

Tall evergreen trees stand behind a concrete wall with red text reading "SEARCHING FOR GRAMSCI".
Tall evergreen trees stand behind a concrete wall with red text reading "SEARCHING FOR GRAMSCI".

Alfredo Jaar, Searching for Gramsci, 2004. Inkjet print and screenprint, sheet: 21 7/8 × 30 in. (55.6 × 76.2 cm) Image: 21 7/8 × 30 in. (55.6 × 76.2 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund 2012.150.3. © Courtesy the artist, NY

Recto

Not on view

Date
2004

Classification
Prints

Medium
Inkjet print and screenprint

Dimensions
Sheet: 21 7/8 × 30 in. (55.6 × 76.2 cm) Image: 21 7/8 × 30 in. (55.6 × 76.2 cm)

Accession number
2012.150.3

Edition
1/50

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Courtesy the artist, NY

API
artworks/42021

Part of a series:
Six By Four: Exit Art Portfolio 2004
6 works

Cream-colored paper with subtle embossed abstract shapes and gentle raised textures across the surface.
Small human-like figure made of pink circles holding up a large cloud of concentric pink rings.
A tall dark panel shows blue paint or ice melting and dripping down in long streaks.
Dark irregular collage filled with tire-like textures and a faint child's face near the upper left.
Tall evergreen trees stand behind a concrete wall with red text reading "SEARCHING FOR GRAMSCI".
Close-up of blue denim jeans with stitched seam and decorative ribbons tied along the frame.


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