Fairfax Branch, Los Angeles Public Library, 161 South Gardner Street, Los Angeles [from Public Libraries and Basketball Courts]

Collection Artwork

Artist

Jennifer Bornstein (born Seattle, Washington, 1970)

Title

Fairfax Branch, Los Angeles Public Library, 161 South Gardner Street, Los Angeles [from Public Libraries and Basketball Courts]

Creation date

1996-1997

Materials

chromogenic print

Dimensions

board size: 14 x 9 1/4 in.
paper size: 13 x 9 in.
frame size: 14 3/4 x 10 x 1 in.

Credit Line

Gift of Jay Gorney and Tom Heman

Place of Creation

photographed in Los Angeles, California, United States, North America

Accession Number

2021.28.1

Edition

from an edition of 6

Series

Public Libraries and Basketball Courts

Object Type

Photographs

The artist stands on the left, next to an adolescent—documenting a person and place in one sense yet also tricking the viewer. What do we learn about each person through this farce?

From the exhibition: Where Words Falter: Art and Empathy (July 9 – December 18, 2022)

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Object Label

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