Ethel Shipton American, b. 1963
Things I See In The Street: Sorry, 2025
Digital print and screenprint
24 x 19.75 in
61 x 50.2 cm
61 x 50.2 cm
Edition of 20
Further images
Part of Shipton’s 'Things I See on the Street' series, the artist compiles images of furniture left out for garbage, wherein she finds a reflection of humanity. These discarded items...
Part of Shipton’s "Things I See on the Street" series, the artist compiles images of furniture left out for garbage, wherein she finds a reflection of humanity. These discarded items share some commonality with their owners and, by extension, with humanity. Shipton's work is informed by a strong conceptual basis, using the relationship between text and image to elicit moments of clarity in daily tasks that so rapidly flit by. "Sorry" humanizes the chairs; Shipton sees an apology in the prostrate positioning of one in relation to the other.
