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Ryan Trecartin

Take a Stand, 2006

Description

Maker

  • Ryan Trecartin, b. 1981, American, (RISD BFA 2004, Film/Animation/Video)
  • Lizzie Fitch, b. 1981, American

Title

Take a Stand

Year

2006

Medium

Mixed media

Dimensions

228.6 x 182.9 x 198.1 cm (90 x 72 x 78 inches) (overall)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

To look for the signature and date when the work is inspected (ZH, 06/16/2008).

Place

Western

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Phil Seibert Alumni Acquisition Fund and Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2008.3

Projects & Publications

Publications

Manual / Issue 6

Assemblage
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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

The Figure

March 12, 2010 - March 3, 2011

Close examination of the sculpture Take a Stand reveals a human figure: a head-like ball of wire is suspended from an armature backbone, mounted atop branching limbs clad in track gear. Assembled from a variety of curious everyday materials, the piece was created collaboratively shortly before Ryan Trecartin made his acclaimed full-length 2007 video I-Be Area. Approaching their sculptural process as a director approaches filmmaking, Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch enlist friends, family members, and other artists in the creative process, assigning them tasks but also allowing them to contribute in their own way to the formation of the work. The figure can thus be viewed as a collective self-portrait of a community, reflecting group dynamics and shared creative effort.

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Take a Stand with the accession number of 2008.3. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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