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Johnny, from the series Fracking Fields

Johnny, from the series Fracking Fields

Artist/Maker (American, b. 1971)
Date2013
MediumHigh definition video portrait
DimensionsDuration: 1.13minutes
Overall (monitor): 47 1/2 × 29 1/4 × 4 1/8 in. (120.7 × 74.3 × 10.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Driek (OC 1965) and Michael (OC 1964) Zirinsky in honor of Jane Beebe
PortfolioFracking Fields
Object number2023.1.80
Status
On view
Copyright© Susie J. LeeMore Information
Lee was raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota, but now lives and works in Seattle. She returned to the Plains to undertake a series of video portraits in fracking fields during the oil boom of 2012. Against the backdrop of the Great Recession and the erosion of manufacturing jobs, she was struck by the hope workers placed in oil and the way this industry inspired renewed confidence in the American dream of prosperity.
Exhibition History
Up Close & Personal: The Body in Contemporary Art
  • Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA (October 30, 2021 - February 27, 2022 )
Border Crossings: Contemporary Art from the Zirinsky Collection
  • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (January 10, 2025 - June 1, 2025 )
Collections
  • Modern & Contemporary
  • On View
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