To Accident and Abandon Such Customary Writings 4F, 2011

Name/Title

To Accident and Abandon Such Customary Writings 4F, 2011

Entry/Object ID

2011.MAV.002

Description

A color photograph of a highway concrete barrier with large black markings on the surface.

Context

This series critiques the inverse relationship between cinematic and still photographic experience, correlates automobile scrapings to a version of gestural abstractionism, and extends Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moment" into the preceding position of locating images through the lens of the windshield.

Collection

Maverick Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Jesse Morgan Barnett

Role

Artist

Date made

2011

Place

State/Province

New Jersey

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Height

29-1/2 in

Width

2 in

Length

44 in