About The Work
Proceeds from this edition benefit the Summer 2018 exhibition at the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College examining the legacies of legendary art dealers Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
John Waters’ Return to Sender series documents a poignant administration of loss. It’s not really the case that one has moved, or perhaps, moved on, until there is no longer an address to which mail can be forwarded. This c-print, titled Colin and Pat, renders little kindness or solace – the post office rarely offers that up – but as with any administered postal return that leaves us wishing for something a little less bureaucratic, it can be fruitful to recall the original impetus for the correspondence.
Courtesy of Art+Culture Projects
About John Waters
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Photograph
C-print
30.00 x 22.00 in
76.2 x 55.9 cm
The work is signed by the artist on verso
About The Work
Proceeds from this edition benefit the Summer 2018 exhibition at the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College examining the legacies of legendary art dealers Pat Hearn and Colin de Land.
John Waters’ Return to Sender series documents a poignant administration of loss. It’s not really the case that one has moved, or perhaps, moved on, until there is no longer an address to which mail can be forwarded. This c-print, titled Colin and Pat, renders little kindness or solace – the post office rarely offers that up – but as with any administered postal return that leaves us wishing for something a little less bureaucratic, it can be fruitful to recall the original impetus for the correspondence.
Courtesy of Art+Culture Projects
About John Waters
From The Magazine
- Interviews & Features: Ross Craig – 'There’s a sort of affirmation when someone picks your image. It’s not just me that likes it, it’s other people'
- Interviews & Features: From Sing Sing to Senior Citizens: How Artists Matt Starr and Ellie Sachs Use Art to Create A More Vibrant Democracy
- Interviews & Features: Pipilotti Rist Wants You to Spit on Your Mobile Phone: A Q&A With the Ecstatic Hippie Feminist Artist
- Art 101: How Nan Goldin's Snapshots of Sex, Drugs, and Death Redefined Photography
- News & Events: Funny Strange or Funny Ha Ha? 11 Works of Concrete Comedy
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