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Martin Johnson

He She He She He She

Description

Maker

Martin Johnson (American, b. 1951

Title

He She He She He She

Year

1991

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Supports

Dimensions

40.6 x 45.7 cm (16 x 18 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed verso in black pen: "For Herb and Dorothy Love Martin 1991"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services

Object Number

2009.59.11

Type

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Fifty Works for Rhode Island
Jul 20, 2012 – Dec 02, 2012

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Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Martin Johnson created hundreds of small mixed-media “bricolage” reliefs that were installed floor-to-ceiling in densely packed salon-style exhibitions. His compositions incorporated found objects and cultural ephemera-including cake-topper figurines, taco shop bumper stickers, and other people’s discarded artworks-often including pun-like juxtapositions of words and image. In this work, four plastic bride-and-groom ornaments are placed around the corners of an interior square frame containing a restaurant souvenir sticker slightly altered to read: “So of the Order.”

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Martin Johnson (American, b. 1951
b. 1952)
He She He She He She, 1991
Mixed media on wood
40.6 x 45.7 cm (16 x 18 inches)
The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute for Museum and Library Services 2009.59.11

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