JEFFREY SCHIFF

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Contingencies

2008-14
cardboard and mortar

Cardboard boxes, as found prepared for recycling on the streets, mortared together to fix their contingent configuration.

essays and reviews

Color: Beige (27″x22″x17″)

Color:Beige

Green Line (29″x25″x23″)

Green Line (detail)

Green Line (detail)

2 of 2 (46″x40″x27″)

2 of 2 (detail)

2 of 2

Flashback (57″X27″X26″)

Flashback

Flashback (detail)

Fragile-Handmade (29″x25″x23″)

Fragile-Handmade

Your Way (44.5″x35’x18″)

Your Way (detail)

Do Not Cut (23″x27″x20″)

Do Not Cut (detail)

Taste of Jamaica (28″x23″x21″)

Press Here (15.5″x13″x13″)

 
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    • Praying ProjectPraying Project
    • ColossusColossus
    • Second MesaSecond Mesa
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Contingencies

August 21, 2014 by jschiff@wesleyan.edu

2008-14
cardboard and mortar

Cardboard boxes, as found prepared for recycling on the streets, mortared together to fix their contingent configuration.

essays and reviews

Color: Beige (27″x22″x17″)

Color:Beige

Green Line (29″x25″x23″)

Green Line (detail)

Green Line (detail)

2 of 2 (46″x40″x27″)

2 of 2 (detail)

2 of 2

Flashback (57″X27″X26″)

Flashback

Flashback (detail)

Fragile-Handmade (29″x25″x23″)

Fragile-Handmade

Your Way (44.5″x35’x18″)

Your Way (detail)

Do Not Cut (23″x27″x20″)

Do Not Cut (detail)

Taste of Jamaica (28″x23″x21″)

Press Here (15.5″x13″x13″)

 

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