What it Is: A Conversation with Jeremy Deller

I met up with Jeremy Deller at the New Museum for a conversation about It Is What It Is: Conversations About Iraq, the artist’s tripartite project commissioned by the New Museum and Creative Time for the Three M project (a collaborative effort between the New Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles). Deller’s project transforms the gallery into a public forum of sorts: Flanked by photographic documentation, maps of the United States and Iraq, and a car destroyed by in a suicide bombing attack, a lounge area allows visitors to sit and engage in an open-ended exchange with a varied cast of characters -- including former Marines, civilians, academics, and doctors – all of whom possess a … Read More