The Artist Project: Spencer Finch

Artist Spencer Finch reflects on William Michael Harnett's The Artist's Letter Rack in this episode of The Artist Project.
From March 2015 to June 2016, we invited 120 artists—local, national, and global—to choose individual works of art or galleries that sparked their imaginations. In this online series, artists reflect on what art is, what inspires them from across 5,000 years of art, and in so doing, they reveal the power of a museum and The Met.

"I'm really interested in unconventional representations of conventional ideas in art."

Artist Spencer Finch reflects on William Michael Harnett's "The Artist's Letter Rack" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Spencer Finch, born in 1962, is an American artist who works in a variety of mediums, including watercolor, photography, glass, electronics, video, and fluorescent lights.

Spencer Finch (American, born 1962)

Bright Star (Sirius), 2010

Fluorescent lamps, fixtures, filters, and aluminum; 107 7/8 in. High Museum of Art, Atlanta, purchase through funds provided by patrons of the Second Annual Collectors Evening, 2011 (2011.5) © Spencer Finch


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The Artist's Letter Rack, William Michael Harnett  American, Oil on canvas, American
William Michael Harnett
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