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New Company
Artist
Norman Akers
(United States, Osage Nation, born 1958)
Printer
Interbang Press
(United States)
Printer
Mitchell Marti
Publisher
Zanatta Editions
(United States)
Date2011
MediumColor monotype on paper
DimensionsIMAGE: 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 in.
IMAGE: 250 x 193 mm
SHEET: 16 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.
SHEET: 415 x 350 mm
IMAGE: 250 x 193 mm
SHEET: 16 5/16 x 13 3/4 in.
SHEET: 415 x 350 mm
Object TypePrints
Credit LineKSU, Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Friends Kansas Art Fund
Edition1/1
Object number2012.149
On View
Not on viewAkers has said about works like his New Company:
“Recently, the concepts of borders, boundaries, and the migration of peoples have been in my thoughts. Current issues in the news about immigration laws and talk in public media about strengthening national borders is leading my work into a new direction. Questions about who is the ‘other’ and terms such as indigenous, immigrant, and illegal alien have entered my vocabulary. … I see the content of my art expanding from an interest in personal expression to a higher awareness of social issues.”
He has said about the use of maps in his art:
“As a child, maps fascinated me because they were complex symbols for places I had yet to know. Maps, through symbolic representation, define boundaries and landmarks of the place we identify as home. Maps instantly broaden my point of view, from a strictly personal recognition of place to embrace cultural context and history. Maps also have been used deceptively to create false borders and they work to re-write history.”
“Recently, the concepts of borders, boundaries, and the migration of peoples have been in my thoughts. Current issues in the news about immigration laws and talk in public media about strengthening national borders is leading my work into a new direction. Questions about who is the ‘other’ and terms such as indigenous, immigrant, and illegal alien have entered my vocabulary. … I see the content of my art expanding from an interest in personal expression to a higher awareness of social issues.”
He has said about the use of maps in his art:
“As a child, maps fascinated me because they were complex symbols for places I had yet to know. Maps, through symbolic representation, define boundaries and landmarks of the place we identify as home. Maps instantly broaden my point of view, from a strictly personal recognition of place to embrace cultural context and history. Maps also have been used deceptively to create false borders and they work to re-write history.”
Exhibitions
