Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Global Village: Bed on Concrete Block

Artist Andrea Robbins and Max Becher (American, born 1963 and American, born Germany, 1964)

Date2003-2005

Made/manufacturedUnited States of America

MediumChromogenic print

DimensionsFramed: 29 1/2 x 34 1/4 in. (75 x 87 cm)
Image: 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 61 cm)

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineGift of Andrea Robbins and Max Becher

Object number2006.11.2

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CONTEMPORARY

DescriptionA room in the Global Village and Discovery Center in Americus, Georgia, recreating low-income living conditions. A bed is supported by wheels and cinder blocks, covered in a colorful quilt. The walls of the room contain many gaps, exposing the room to the outdoors. The walls contain cloth drapery and a window fan.