Martine Syms

40x60
2019

A torn piece of paper with colorful handwritten text is partially attached to a white pegboard wall. The visible words on the paper say "SIMPLE," "YOU," "STOP," and "AND RED," with the rest of the text obscured or missing. The pegboard and a horizontal metal strip show signs of wear and rust.

A torn piece of paper with colorful handwritten text is partially attached to a white pegboard wall. The visible words on the paper say "SIMPLE," "YOU," "STOP," and "AND RED," with the rest of the text obscured or missing. The pegboard and a horizontal metal strip show signs of wear and rust.

Not on view

Date
2019

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Inkjet print

Dimensions
Sheet: 60 × 40in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm) Image: 60 × 40in. (152.4 × 101.6 cm)

Accession number
2022.20.2

Edition
Edition of 1 + 1AP

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Director's Discretionary Fund

Rights and reproductions
© Martine Syms

API
artworks/62431

Exhibitions

Whitney Biennial 2019

May 17–Oct 27, 2019

Martine Syms
10 works in the collection

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