Mitchell Anderson
some desperate glory, 2015
trading cards, unopened retail boxes
13 x 28.5 x 19 cm
5 1/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in
5 1/8 x 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 in
This work composed of dead stock, virgin trading cards marketed towards children during the first Iraq war in 1990-91 illustrates Anderson's interest in the power of the readymade and the...
This work composed of dead stock, virgin trading cards marketed towards children during the first Iraq war in 1990-91 illustrates Anderson's interest in the power of the readymade and the archive to communicate seemingly antimonious societal issues.
The title of the work refers to the poem, Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen.
The title of the work refers to the poem, Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen.