unfinished business "it may not be televised"
Date2012
Artist
jc lenochan
(American artist, born 1970)
MediumChalk on canvas
Dimensions60 × 48 in. (152.4 × 121.9 cm)
frame: 61 1/4 × 49 1/2 in. (155.6 × 125.7 cm)
frame: 61 1/4 × 49 1/2 in. (155.6 × 125.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Museum Docents, 2012
Object number2012-47
On View
On viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextThrough pairings of images and text, JC Lenochan examines what he refers to as the “social condition as it relates to identity, race, and class.” The title of this drawing on canvas references the 1971 poem and song, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil Scott-Heron, in which the musician warns about the possible complacency created by television. Like Scott-Heron, Lenochan focuses on the effects of mass media and strives to create a place for dialogue that will help develop a better understanding of the spread of “misinformation/cultural bias as a global pandemic.”
