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Running the Numbers – An American Self-Portrait

By: Dahlia Rideout (View Profile)

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.


Partial zoom:

Detail at actual size:


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. Updated September 2, 2008.

First published February 2008
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posted: 08.19.2008
Janice Toepfer
Janice Toepfer
Outstanding! I love that you must really look in order to really see. Art that is not so obvious!
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posted: 02.06.2008
Mariylnn Ramirez
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SMART! CREATIVE! SO UNIQUE! AWESOMENESS!
 
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