1515 Lincoln Gallery
Oklahoma City, OK
1515 Lincoln Gallery features new discoveries of contemporary artists and secondary market works of art by Oklahoma, national and international artists
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- Marc Barker
- Immigrants Redacted, 2017-2020
- Mixed Media Installation, Variable Height & Width, Frames with Broken Glass each with Vintage Photograph and a Redacted Toe Tag Labeling ‘Cause of Death’, Definitions for Labeled Slang Terms
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- Framed: 0 x 0 x 1 in (0.0 x 0.0 x 2.54 cm)
- Signature: Signed artist statement
- $52,083.35
Artist Statement and Photos from 'Immigrants Redacted' Mixed Media Installation by Marc Barker
vintage photographs / dead men / dead women / slaves / steerage / e. pluribus unum / immigrants / redacted
Realizing that all of the anonymous people in these photos are likely dead, What was the cause of their death? I wondered.
Old age?
Accidental?
Suicide?
Disease?
Murder and even more disturbing possibilities are endless. Consider stereotypes, the compartmentalizing labels targeting individuals permissioning humans to sport-kill other humans. Hostility remains silently encouraged with a wink from authority licensing even more inhumanity by reincarnating hate into new life.
‘Victors’ per Churchill? ‘Losers’ per Trump? I see only teachers not resting in peace.
These pieces are from a single installation with total 138 framed photographs and framed artist statement.
- Subject Matter: Politcal
