Yellow Bangin’ Liberty

Ganzeer, artist

born 1982

Booklyn, Inc., publisher

founded 1999

Yellow Bangin’ Liberty, 2015

Portfolio/Series title: Ganzeer's Trouble Trunk

Where object was made: Cairo, Egypt

Material/technique: screen print

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 732 x 528 mm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 28 13/16 x 20 13/16 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Shirley Cundiff Haines and Jordan L. Haines Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2016.0025.10

Not on display

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Artists from both inside and outside the United States have noted the prominence of violence in U.S. society. Each of these three prints explores different aspects of its relation to the ideals of America. American artists Richard Basil Mock and Roger Shimomura connect a violent state of mind with ideas of family and patriotism. Egyptian artist Ganzeer’s representation of the Statue of Liberty firing a pistol in the air presents an aggressive approach to freedom.
—Jack Hatzfeld