The Glass Wall: Beyond Numbers: detail of glass panels

The artist had identifying numbers sand-blasted into Plexiglas and arranged them in a grid. On another wall there are identifying labels of anonymous men and women describing them by occupation and race. The installation also included self portraits in oil with the artist depicted in various guises and identities.

• 1992

• Mur-Ray, Ming (Hong Kong installation artist, born 1951, active in United States)

• InSITE92

This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 239)

Boehm Gallery, Palomar College

55 sand-blasted Plexiglas panels; 96 x 192 inches (overall)

• InSITE92

• Mexican-American border region

• Installations (visual works)
• Sculpture (visual work)

• Classification
• Grids (layout features)
• Identification
• Numbers
• Occupations
• Race relations

• image

Shared Shelf: 16715520

Online finding aid

• inSite Archive

Sculpture and Installations

[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Unknown (US)

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2020-10-26