Boarding Up the Door
- Title
- Boarding Up the Door
- LC Subject
- Photography Composition (Photography) Installations (Art) Construction workers Construction and demolition debris mixed media art photography black-and-white photography photography (discipline) gelatin silver prints
- Creator
- Joyce, David
- Description
- This mixed media photo installation presents a photographic representation of an overall-clad man attached to a ladder. The man intereacts with a photographic representation of a boarded door with white, peeling paint that is attached to the wall. To the left of the man and the door, another photographic representation of a window fleshes out the illusion of space implied by the installation. David Joyce; Boarding Up the Door; © 1986 The Oregon Arts Commission has ten Regional Arts Councils that provide delivery of art services and information. The Council for this location is: Mid-Valley Arts. You may visit their website at: http://www.oregonlink.com/arts/index.html
- Location
- General Services Building >> Marion County >> Oregon >> United States Marion County >> Oregon >> United States
- Street Address
- 1225 Ferry St. S. E., Salem Oregon
- Award Date
- 1986
- Identifier
- 1985_salem_dept_gen-srvces_06_a01
- Accession Number
- 1985_salem_dept_gen-srvces_06_a01
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Dc Rights Holder
- Joyce, David
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- large scale installation about 8 feet long
- Material
- Mixed media; Photography silver prints on masonite with found objects
- Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Primary Set
- Oregon Percent for Art
- Relation
- 1985 Department of General Services (Salem) 1985_salem_dept_gen-srvces
- Has Version
- slide; color
- Institution
- Oregon Arts Commission University of Oregon
- Note
- second floor
- Color Space
- RGB
- Biographical Information
- I was asked to make something for this space which dealt with the contracting or construction of buildings. Since the space is so new and clean, I thought I'd make something which clashed with the space and created a bit of visual shock for the viewer. Decay and disuse are a part of the lives of buildings (as they are with all living or man-made things) so I chose to integrate this "celebration" of decay into the modern Department of General Services building in the hope that the incongruity would be interesting and thought-provoking (Joyce, 1985).
