Kerry James Marshall
(c)image: Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, NY, and Koplin Del Rio, CA
The Art of Hanging Pictures, 2002
Photography
, 101.6 x 121.92 cm, 91.44 x 137.16 cm, 182.88 x 121.92 cm, 96.52 x 111.76 cm, 60.96 x 81.28 cm, 45.72 x 60.96 cm, 40.64 x 40.64 cm, 76.2 x 101.6 cm
The Art of Hanging Pictures (2002) is an interactive work that consists of a series of framed photographs in a variety of sizes, large and small, which are hung at various heights and angles across a wall. The images depict such things as empty streets and sports fields, emergency vehicles, a brick wall and a kitsch swan ornament, which are all perhaps images related to the life and environment of the woman and child portrayed in the largest photograph. The work deliberately possesses a fragmentary character, and visitors are free to rearrange the photographs to make their own compositions and narratives.