Repurposed billboard west of Salina, Kansas along I-70 7/13/2014 – 1:40PM

Philip Heying, artist

born 1959

Repurposed billboard west of Salina, Kansas along I-70 7/13/2014 – 1:40PM, 2014

Portfolio/Series title: A Visual Archaeology of the Anthropocene

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: inkjet print

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 40.8 x 61 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 16 1/16 x 24 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 61 x 81.5 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 x 32 1/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 30 x 36 in

Credit line: Museum purchase: Elmer F. Pierson Fund

Accession number: 2018.0180

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Philip Heying’s photographic projects are characterized by ecological responsibility and research-driven investigation. In his series A Visual Archaeology of the Anthropocene, Heying highlights a pattern of connections between human activity and environmental changes. Repurposed billboard presents a view of Kansas grasslands near Salina and a lone billboard at the center of the horizon line. Local citizen Jim Nelson painted the sign in 2013 with the words “I need a kidney” in hopes of finding a kidney donor for his wife Sharon Plucar. Though they received a few leads and many well wishes, Plucar passed away in 2014 after Heying made this photograph. Nelson apparently painted over the billboard a short time later.