Suzanne McClelland
Runners Up, 2016
131 sandblasted, fused glass with photo resist
128 pieces: 7 x 4 x 1/4 inches 17.8 x 10.2 x 0.6 cm
3 pieces: 7 x 12 x 1/4 inches 17.8 x 30.5 x 0.6 cm
3 pieces: 7 x 12 x 1/4 inches 17.8 x 30.5 x 0.6 cm
SMC.18739
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Suzanne McClelland produced this piece around the time when Stop and Frisk was deemed unconstitutional in New York City. She asked students from around the world to conduct Google image...
Suzanne McClelland produced this piece around the time when Stop and Frisk was deemed unconstitutional in New York City. She asked students from around the world to conduct Google image searches of people running, and etched the images onto glass. Suzanne was most interested in the ways in which body language is read and often misconstrued across cultures. As part of this research, she came across images of Kathrine Switzer, who was the first woman to run the Boston marathon in 1967. At the time of the race, there was such outrage that a woman would run, that the judges actually attacked her on the course. The documenting photographs of that day make it unclear which mean are hurting, and which men are helping. McClelland is most interested in how meaning is assigned, or more likely, misconstrued in visual culture.