Urban renewal

Item

Gilbert, Sharon - 1944-2005. 2007. Urban Renewal. Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries, Urban Books, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/urban-books/item/3045

Title: Urban renewal
Creator: Gilbert, Sharon - 1944-2005
Date: 2008
Description: Title Description - A book of matches in a zip-lock bag with photo-copied images of nature, and a New York Times article on the matchbook industry. This book/object makes a wry comment on the decay of U.S. cities in light of the L.A. riots. "A standard matchbook was altered to comment on our volatile society in the aftermath of the L.A. riots and particularly on the power of simplistic solutions.”--artist’s statement. 29 June 2009 (printedmatter.org).
Catalog record.
Call Number: N7433.4.G55 U73 1992 min.
Link to Catalog Record: https://catalog.wustl.edu:443/record=b2984209~S2
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Publisher: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries
Tags: Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords:; Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords: Industrialization / decay
Sam Fox Keywords: Political / social commentary; Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Artists' books -- United States
Library Keywords: Copy art

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