Faded Flowers

1995

Not on view

Returned to lender

This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.

The multimedia artist Jack Pierson is known for his often melancholic word sculptures made out of scavenged, mismatched letters once affixed to American storefronts and movie theater marquees. His works frequently express a feeling of nostalgia, as is evident in this chromatically muted color study of a wilting bouquet. Evoking a mix of desire and loneliness, the photograph is like the flowers themselves, which have been cut from fertile ground but have not yet lost their vitality.

Artwork Details

Overview

Exhibition History

Title: Faded Flowers
Artist: Jack Pierson (American, born 1960)
Date: 1995
Medium: Chromogenic print
Dimensions: Image: 38 × 30 in. (96.5 × 76.2 cm)
Framed: 38 3/4 × 30 3/4 in. (98.4 × 78.1 cm)
Classification: Photographs
Credit Line: Promised Gift of Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary
Curatorial Department: Photographs