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Discard (work shirt)

2013-2014

A series of wall hung mono-print reliefs cast in aluminum of work shirts worn while working in the foundry. As indexes haunted by absence, they mark the ‘western’ Neo-liberal shifts away from production (industrial labor) and towards a consumption (immaterial and affective labor) economy.

A.K. Burns, Shirt

Discard (work shirt), 2013, aluminum, 30 1/2 x 24 3/4 inches

A.K. Burns, Shirt

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A.K. Burns, Shirt

Discard (work shirt), 2013, aluminum, 21 3/4 x 34 1/2 inches

A.K. Burns, Shirt

Detail of above image

A.K. Burns, Shirt

Discard (work shirt), 2013, aluminum, 16 x 20 inches

A.K. Burns, Shirt

Discard (work shirt), 2013, aluminum, 13 x 42 inches

A.K. Burns, Shirt

Discard (work shirt), 2013, aluminum, 12 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches

A.K. Burns, Shirt

Discard (work shirt), 2014, aluminum, 34 x 28 inches

A.K. Burns, Shirt

Discard (work shirt), 2014, aluminum, 33 x 30 inches