Running the Numbers – An American Self-Portrait

Cans Seurat, 2007 60x92"
Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.


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Skull With Cigarette, 2007 72x98" (based on a painting by Van Gogh)
Depicts 200,000 packs of cigarettes, equal to the number of Americans who die from cigarrette smoking every six months.


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Prison Uniforms, 2007 10x23 feet in six vertical panels
Depicts 2.3 million folded prison uniforms, equal to the number of Americans incarcerated in 2005.

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Installed at the Von Lintel Gallery, NY, June 2007

Please see the complete series and show locations at chrisjordan.com

All images copyright Chris Jordan. Reprinted with permission.

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10.19.2008
Samantha Grey
hilariously pointless. how much stuff is this guy hoarding? doesn't he support recycling or something?
08.19.2008
Janice Toepfer
Outstanding! I love that you must really look in order to really see. Art that is not so obvious!
SMART! CREATIVE! SO UNIQUE! AWESOMENESS!
It feels good to write.

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