Mary Walling Blackburn
The Head / Is / Is Better / For Using / Than Losing
New York, NY: M. Blackburn. 2008
Synopsis: The phrase 'use your head or lose your head' was directly stenciled onto the wall in German at a fort housing German prisoners of War during World War II; This fort later became the art compound of Donald Judd, who added his signature to the stencil. Here, artist Mary Walling Blackburn reappropriates the text yet again, silkscreening an intentionally mistranslated version of the directive onto a white silk scarf.
Category: Multiple
Pages: [1] p.
Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 42 x 42 cm.
Process: screenprint
Color: monochrome
Edition 12
Signed: Signed and Unnumbered
Price Info: $75.00
[-10% discount to Printed Matter members at the Member level]
Inventory #: D/84009