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| Title | Boarding Up the Door |
| Artwork 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. |
| Description on Object | David Joyce; Boarding Up the Door; © 1986 |
| Artist Statement | 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). |
| LC Subject | Photography
Composition (Photography)
Installations (Art)
Construction workers
Construction and demolition debris
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| AAT Subject | mixed media
art photography
black-and-white photography
photography
gelatin silver prints
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| Creator | Joyce, David
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| Artist URL | http://www.bkpix.com/writing/joyce2.php |
| Regional Arts Council | 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 |
| Artwork Creation Date | 1986 |
| Award Date(s) | 1985
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| Installation Date | 1986 |
| Medium | Mixed media
Photography
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| Artwork Measurements | large scale installation about 8 feet long |
| Materials/Technique | silver prints on masonite with found objects |
| Source Format | slide
color
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| Artwork Site | Salem Oregon. General Services Building
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| Location | second floor |
| Site Address | 1225 Ferry St. S. E., Salem Oregon |
| County | Marion County, Oregon
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| Image Processing History | Master tiff image captured at 4000 pixels across the long edge using SilverFast AI 6.0 software. Digital images in tiff format are archived and saved. Adobe Photoshop CS2 used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight points, adjust levels, contrast and sharpen as needed. Second production tiff saved. Color profile converted from Adobe RGB (1998) to sRGB IEC61966-2.1, resolution revised to 125 pixels, resize longer dimension to 875 pixels; save display jpeg at quality level 6. |
| Rights | Copyright is retained by the artist or author. All rights reserved. |
| Contributors | University of Oregon Libraries; Oregon Arts Commission |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries
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| Digital Collection Title | University of Oregon. Libraries. Oregon Public Percent for Art Digital Collection.
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