Disaster Area: Japan Tsunami
Item
Title
Disaster Area: Japan Tsunami
Description
Three signs painted with yellow words on black material and supported by separate steal poles. The first sign is topped with a metal addition painted with: "2011 EARTHQUAKE 04" and a reflector strip painted "3/11/011." The remainder of the sign reads: "TSUNAMI / 9-0 JAPAN / DIED- / 2 NUCLEAR PLANTS / MELTDOWN AND ROD / CRY TO GOD FIRST FOR / HIS HEALING HAND GOD / LOVE ALL HIS CHILDREN / HUMAN FAMILY / COME TOGETHER LOVE PEACE."
The second sign reads: "PSALM / 67 / 1 GOD BE / MERCIFUL UNTO / US AND BLESS US AND / CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE / UPON US SELAH / 2 THAT THY WAY MAY bE / KNOWN UPON EARTH / THY SAVING HEALTH / AMONG ALL /NATIONS."
The third sign is topped with a metal addition painted with: "EARTHQUAKE 04" and a reflector strip painted "12 26." The remainder of the sign reads, in fading lettering: "TSUNAMI / SOUTH ASIA / DIED - AFRICA / MATTHEW 24:7 / 7 FOR NATION SHALL RISE AGAI- / NST NATION. KINGDOM AGAINST / KINGDOM AND THERE SHALL BE / FAMINE AND PESTILENCES AND / EARTHQUAKE IN PLACE/ DIVERS."
On the ground below the first two signs is an arrangement of broken concrete of different sizes, on top of which are placed five vertical red bricks. Additional bricks and concrete pavers line the front of the structure. Around the third sign are piles plastic baby dolls, horses, and sharks, along with jars of shells and metal rods. A television set is part of this grouping on the back of which is painted: "GOD / FORGIVE US / WE PRAISE YOU / SAVE US / THY CHILDREN."
The second sign reads: "PSALM / 67 / 1 GOD BE / MERCIFUL UNTO / US AND BLESS US AND / CAUSE HIS FACE TO SHINE / UPON US SELAH / 2 THAT THY WAY MAY bE / KNOWN UPON EARTH / THY SAVING HEALTH / AMONG ALL /NATIONS."
The third sign is topped with a metal addition painted with: "EARTHQUAKE 04" and a reflector strip painted "12 26." The remainder of the sign reads, in fading lettering: "TSUNAMI / SOUTH ASIA / DIED - AFRICA / MATTHEW 24:7 / 7 FOR NATION SHALL RISE AGAI- / NST NATION. KINGDOM AGAINST / KINGDOM AND THERE SHALL BE / FAMINE AND PESTILENCES AND / EARTHQUAKE IN PLACE/ DIVERS."
On the ground below the first two signs is an arrangement of broken concrete of different sizes, on top of which are placed five vertical red bricks. Additional bricks and concrete pavers line the front of the structure. Around the third sign are piles plastic baby dolls, horses, and sharks, along with jars of shells and metal rods. A television set is part of this grouping on the back of which is painted: "GOD / FORGIVE US / WE PRAISE YOU / SAVE US / THY CHILDREN."
Subject
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Creator
Minter, Joe
Language
English
Type
Assemblages (sculpture) See all items with this value