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Two Fences In

Lonnie Holley
  • LH - Two Fences In - Master Image

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    Photo: Stephen Pitkin/Pitkin Studio
1995
Window screen, glass bottle, glass jar, mirror, paintbrushes, telephones, paper, door fragment, rope, plastic paint bottles, chicken wire, bicycle seat, portable toilet, baby shoes, wooden coat hanger, Polaroid camera, paint roller, ivy, wood-and-metal fence, rubber tire, other found materials
62.5 x 70 x 19.5 inches
Collection of
Souls Grown Deep Foundation
Description

I was trying to do the best I could do. I had a fence that closed around me, the ignorance of my neighbors who didn't understand. Then, beyond that, society was putting up its own barrier, so when I saw past the first fence there was another one. I was trying to work for the honor of the Olympics, but nobody cared.