CHECK OUT Chris Jordan’s
“Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait“
(click on link above)Paper Bags, 2007
60×80″ archival inkjet print
Depicts 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour.
Detail at actual size:
A friend of mine just sent Chris Jordan’s link above.
His work really speaks for itself. Take a look.
They are quite powerful and bring clear images to abstract statistics.
March 30th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Astounding. I’m sending a link to John Smith here at Hallmark, for his Art Of The Day e-mail.
Hiya, Jen!
March 30th, 2007 at 7:47 am
heya Jim, is there a way to sign up for John’s Art Of The Day e-mails??