Gump's Peony

Name/Title

Gump's Peony

Entry/Object ID

2015.14.1

Category

Art

Made/Created

Artist

Bill Concannon

Date made

2009

Notes

Neon and plastic shopping bags

Dimensions

Height

32 in

Width

32 in

Depth

24 in

Interpretative Labels

Label

Bill Concannon Gump’s Peony, 2009 "I usually use printed, used shopping bags in the bag pieces; or trash. I’ve always liked trash. Let’s face it, on some level, neon is trash, or at least comes from trash culture. One of the few “reuses” of plastic shopping bags is to hold your garbage. No one loves plastic bags, but when you look at them backlit with neon, they’re strangely beautiful. In this instance, Mr. Gump asked me to use new bags." – Bill Concannon