Jason Lujan: The Sacred Nothing
鈥峊he Sacred Nothing resituates a body of images taken while Lujan was an artist-in-residence with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 2005. The photographs depict cultural objects 鈥渂ehind the scenes鈥� of the NMAI Cultural Resource Center, in storage or undergoing conservation and documentation. The project shows these objects removed from their original context and how their meanings shift when they appear as specimens or patients awaiting surgery. The encased architecture of the Vitrines advances the displacement of disused objects further.
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鈥峊he Sacred Nothing resituates a body of images taken while Lujan was an artist-in-residence with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 2005. The photographs depict cultural objects 鈥渂ehind the scenes鈥� of the NMAI Cultural Resource Center, in storage or undergoing conservation and documentation. The project shows these objects removed from their original context and how their meanings shift when they appear as specimens or patients awaiting surgery. The encased architecture of the Vitrines advances the displacement of disused objects further.
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