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Amendment #8

  • Mark Bradford, Amendment #8, 2014, mixed media, Smithsonian American Art Museum, © 2014, Mark Bradford, Gift of the Lohrfink Foundation and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2015.34

Gallery Label
The text of the eighth amendment to the U.S. Constitution is buried under layers of brightly colored paper. This amendment, one of the ten collectively known as the Bill of Rights, protects Americans from excessive fines and bail, as well as "cruel and unusual punishment." Mark Bradford invokes the amendment's protective words, only to render them illegible.
Title
Amendment #8
Artist
Mark Bradford
Date
2014
On View
  1. Smithsonian American Art Museum
  2. 3rd Floor
  3. East Wing
Dimensions
48 1/4 × 68 1/8 in. (122.6 × 173.0 cm)
Copyright
© 2014, Mark Bradford
Credit Line

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Gift of the Lohrfink Foundation and museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment

Mediums Description
mixed media
Classifications
Painting
Mixed Media
Highlights
Contemporary Art
Keywords
  • Abstract
Object Number
2015.34
Palette
Linked Open Data URI
Videos
Date

    • Artist Mark Bradford discusses his use of materials, his interest in abstraction, and his thoughts on having Amendment #8 in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

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