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The Rechristened Exxon Valdez awaiting sea trials after repairs. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. San Diego, August 1990. and Lead Fish. Variant of a conference room Designed for the Chiat/Day Advertising Agency. Architect: Frank Gehry. Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. May 1988. from Fish Story
The Rechristened Exxon Valdez awaiting sea trials after repairs. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. San Diego, August 1990. and Lead Fish. Variant of a conference room Designed for the Chiat/Day Advertising Agency. Architect: Frank Gehry. Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. May 1988. from Fish Story

The Rechristened Exxon Valdez awaiting sea trials after repairs. National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. San Diego, August 1990. and Lead Fish. Variant of a conference room Designed for the Chiat/Day Advertising Agency. Architect: Frank Gehry. Installation at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. May 1988. from Fish Story

Artist (American, 1951 – 2013)
Date1988-2003
Period20th and 21st century
MediumDiptych, cibachrome on paper
DimensionsObject Size: 28 x 39 inches, 28 x 34 inches
Credit LinePurchase with funds provided by the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Art Acquisition Fund
Object number2009.047
Curatorial DepartmentModern & Contemporary Art
Copyright© Allan Sekula. Courtesy of Christopher Grimes Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
_Place of OriginUnited States
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“There are no pretty girls on my beat. Only the homeless mental patients, the overflow of the social service agencies, the derelicts,” said the officer. “The politicians and social workers think if they don’t see them, they don’t exist. Well, they do exist, and I’m expected to wipe the shit off the streets for them.”
“There are no pretty girls on my beat. Only the homeless mental patients, the overflow of the social service agencies, the derelicts,” said the officer. “The politicians and social workers think if they don’t see them, they don’t exist. Well, they do exist, and I’m expected to wipe the shit off the streets for them.”
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