Homelessness at Work

Bullet Space, publisher

1985–present

Day Gleeson, artist

born 1948

Dennis Thomas, artist

born 1955

Homelessness at Work, 1990–1991

Portfolio/Series title: Your House is Mine

Where object was made: New York, New York, United States

Material/technique: screen print

Dimensions:
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 584 x 508 mm
Object Height/Width (Height x Width): 23 x 20 in

Credit line: Museum purchase

Accession number: 1994.0025.12

Not on display

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Visible and Divisible America: In Conversation with the 2019–2020 KU Common Book

Bullet Space is an arts collective that was founded in New York City in the 1980s without sanction from city officials. Your House is Mine investigates the concerns of this urban community, including drugs, health care, bureaucracy, and homelessness. Resembling a sign for a construction site, this print prompts questions about what work “homelessness” is doing, and what the end result could be.

Visible and Divisible America: In Conversation with the 2019–2020 KU Common Book

Exhibition Label:
"Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard
The portfolio Your House is Mine was produced in the wake of the 1989 Tompkins Square Riots in New York City; the events surrounding the confrontation of police and radicals over the eviction of squatters in Lower East Side properties and the 300 homeless living in Tompkins Square Park.