Before or After, from 10048: INBOX vol. V
Keiko Narahashi, American (born Japan), born 1959
2002
Two pills in a plastic bag attched with a paper clip to printed cardboard
Edition 11/100
Sheet: 11 × 8 9/16 in. (28 × 21.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Monroe A. Denton Jr., Class of 1968
2003.58.15
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
21st century
Object Name
Mixed Media
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in graphite, lower right: K. Narahashi 2002; printed, on object: BEFORE or AFTER / Time release capsules for temporal relief from initial shock and disbelief / Dosage: take one at midnight / Ingredients: / BEFORE: naivete, self absorption, Igorance, denial, fatalism / AFTER: righteousness, humility, self-absorption, pre-9/11 nostalgia, fatalism / Results may vary. Patient may experience excessive cynicism and/or hoplessness. Discontinue use. Do not consult physician. Have faith.
Provenance
Monroe A. Denton, Jr., Brooklyn, New York; given to present collection, 2003.
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