Jac Leirner People and Animals, 1985-2022
Set of 21 plastic bags
1,10 x 4,25 m (variable)
The large-scale People and Animals presents a double row of bags—those in the top row, right side up, those in the lower row, upside down—installed at eye-level. The work consists of 21 individual bags and spans over 4 meters across. The sequence is organized according to formal properties such as shape, color, fonts, with darker colors on the left and lighter on the right. The overarching theme however is already stated in the title: this ensemble brings together bags with images depicting people and animals.