Artist
Matthew Mann
Title
Ghost Eviction
Date2016
MediumOil and oil stick on canvas
Dimensions47 × 67 in. (119.4 × 170.2 cm)
Framed Size: 49 × 68 1/2 in. (124.5 × 174 cm)
Framed Size: 49 × 68 1/2 in. (124.5 × 174 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2016.052
ClassificationsPaintings
Locations
Committee on Public Works and Operations (1350 Penn Ave NW, 112)
DescriptionThis first in a series of “Ghost Eviction” paintings depicts the spire that Borromini designed for St. Ivo presiding over multicolored grave-like markers. This painting was composed out of an assortment of photo archive images as well as landscape painting tropes. This “Ghost Eviction” painting is a symbolic and humorous approach to notions of eviction and urban redevelopment, and how ghosts aren’t even safe from cycles of poverty and eviction.
