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      High Life

      gary a. simmons jr. (1964 –)

      Explore Gary Simmons Jr.'s erasure drawings – ghostly images of American pop culture icons addressing race & class. NYC-based artist known for unique, smudged artwork.

      Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University (Durham, Spojené státy americké)

      Objevte Nasher Museum of Art na Duke University – živé spojení předkolumbovských artefaktů a současného umění podporující dialog a průzkum. Prozkoumejte úžasné výstavy a architektonický brilantní design.

      In this work, Gary Simmons combines vintage fight posters with a semi-erased slogan for Miller High Life brand beer. Simmons has used the concept and visual technique of erasure in his works since the late 1980s in order to explore issues surrounding race, class, and history. “Taste the High Life,” while referring to marketing for the Miller beer, also encourages the viewer to think about luxury and extravagance, ideas perhaps at odds with the sport of boxing. Highlife is also a style of urban music associated with upper-class dance parties that developed in Ghana, West Africa in the early 1900s. The streaking of the words as they begin to be erased hints at the blending of cultures or the disappearance of a way of life.Bobby Hinds, whose name appears on the top of the boxing bill, became a golden gloves champion in 1949 at the age of thirteen. In 1977 he invented a portable gym system made of resistance bands that made him a celebrated fitness guru. His image was even on the cover of a Wheaties cereal box.
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      Informace o díle

      Rychlé informace

      • Medium: Drawing
      • Artistic style: Contemporary, Conceptual
      • Dimensions: 124 x 108 cm
      • Subject or theme: Race, class, and cultural history
      • Location: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University
      • Notable elements or techniques: Erasure technique, smudged lettering