No Name in the Street, 1972, Bethany Collins

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Bethany Collins, No Name in the Street, 1972
Bethany Collins, No Name in the Street, 1972
Bethany Collins
No Name in the Street, 1972
2018
Bethany Collins, artist
born 1984
No Name in the Street, 1972, 2018
Portfolio/Series title: The Loss
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: graphite; toner; Pink Pearl eraser on Somerset paper
Credit line: Collection of Jack and Sandra Guthman
Accession number: EL2023.001
Not on display
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The Loss series by Bethany Collins is a search for the language of “The End,” or an end in Black literature. The series includes James Baldwin’s 1972 non-fiction book No Name in the Street and Octavia Butler’s 1983 science fiction short story “Speech Sounds,” which describes a pandemic that limits the capacity of citizens to read, write, or speak. Collins writes and erases passages from these works except for the exact moment when writers describe the end of the world.

Exhibitions

Black Writing
Ayesha Hardison, curator
Joey Orr, curator
2023–2024