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Bobby Jesus’s Alma Mater b/w Reading the Book of David and/or Paying Attention Is Free

Frances Stark American
2013
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Object Information
  • Title: Bobby Jesus’s Alma Mater b/w Reading the Book of David and/or Paying Attention Is Free
  • Artist: Frances Stark (American, born Huntington Beach, California, 1967)
  • Date: 2013
  • Medium: Single-channel digital video installation, black-and-white, sound, 7 min., 20 sec.; inkjet print on paper, vinyl text, and take-away posters
  • Dimensions: Variable
  • Classification: Variable Media
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Robert B. and Emilie W. Betts Foundation and Constance B. and Carroll L. Cartwright Gifts, 2015
  • Object Number: 2015.284
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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