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What Is It?

A series of images of mysterious objects with 3 multiple possibilities for identifying the object. Originally done to replace the advertising on a Tokyo subway train (J&R Line). In Japanese and English.

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Parade Viewing Stand, 2003
A Truck Made By Someone
Who Had Never Seen One,

2003
Terrorist Bombs, 2003
Victorian Crack Pipe, 2003
Installation view,
Tokyo Art Jungle Train, 2002
Installation view,
Tokyo Art Jungle Train, 2002
Installation view,
Tokyo Art Jungle Train, 2002
Installation view,
Tokyo Art Jungle Train, 2002
Installation view, David Byrne,
Pace/MacGill Gallery,
New York, 2003

EXHIBITION HISTORY:

• What is It?, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, July 19 – September 26, 2003 (Solo)

• David Byrne, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY, March 6 – April 26, 2003 (Solo)

• What is It?, Yamamoto subway installation, Tokyo Art Jungle Train, Tokyo, Japan, August 2 – 15, 2002 (Public) [Link: 2dK, Tokyo]

BOOK:
• David Byrne Asks You: WHAT IS IT?
• Pinspot No. 13, Smart Art Press, 2002
• Production for Todomundo: Danielle Spencer
• Printed by Oddi Printing Ltd., Reykjavik, Iceland
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