Zip; 03-01-12....03-31-12
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Since emigrating from Japan in 1980, Yuji Agematsu has taken daily strolls around New York City. The artist collects the litter he encounters on the sidewalks—ranging from cigarette butts and gum to trinkets and glass shards—and assembles it into clear pouches that he calls “zips.” This ritualistic practice creates a record of time and place, forming an unconventional portrait of the city and its millions of inhabitants through their discarded traces.
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Yuji Agematsu Japanese, born 1956. Zip; 03-01-12....03-31-12, 2012. Mixed media (wood, latex paint, drywall screws, cigarette cellophane wrapper, gum, metal, plastic, glass shards, eraser, acrylic fingernail, thread, metal screw, dust, penny, seed pod, hair, dried grass, razor blade, rubber fitting, tar, aquarium pebbles, rocks, plastic doll part, soil), shelf dimensions: 11 x 2 1/2 x 30 in. (27.9 x 6.4 x 76.2 cm) each object (31 total): 2 x 2 1/2 in. (5.1 x 6.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Gallerist Award, 2012.30.3a-c. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2012.30.3_PS9.jpg)
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Title
Zip; 03-01-12....03-31-12
Date
2012
Medium
Mixed media (wood, latex paint, drywall screws, cigarette cellophane wrapper, gum, metal, plastic, glass shards, eraser, acrylic fingernail, thread, metal screw, dust, penny, seed pod, hair, dried grass, razor blade, rubber fitting, tar, aquarium pebbles, rocks, plastic doll part, soil)
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Dimensions
shelf dimensions: 11 x 2 1/2 x 30 in. (27.9 x 6.4 x 76.2 cm) each object (31 total): 2 x 2 1/2 in. (5.1 x 6.4 cm)
Credit Line
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Gallerist Award
Accession Number
2012.30.3a-c
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© artist or artist's estate
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