Artist
Matthew Mann
Title
New Left Mood Board
Date2018
MediumOil, acrylic, silkscreen and collage on canvas
Dimensions30 × 24 in. (76.2 × 61 cm)
Framed Size: 31 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (80 × 64.8 cm)
Framed Size: 31 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (80 × 64.8 cm)
Credit LineDC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection
Object numberDCCAH2019.038.3
ClassificationsPaintings
Locations
Committee on Public Works and Operations (1350 Penn Ave NW, 112)
DescriptionThis piece is from a series titled “Commodity Aesthetics,” in which Matthew Mann plays with and reverses the use value of art and design objects. Here, the edge of a framed drawing by self-taught Mexican American artist Martin Ramirez hangs against wallpaper with an 18th-century pattern. At the lower left hangs a framed poster for a rally and concert that was held to benefit people experiencing homelessness. The mixing of these disparate motifs and materials invites the viewer to make new associations among various types of cultural representation, markets, and aesthetics
