Burden of Proof
Artist
Cris Bruch
MediumWoodblock monotype print on paper
Dimensions40 x 85 x 3 in. (101.6 x 215.9 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineSeattle City Light 1% for Art Portable Works Collection
The artist's fascination with the question of home (and homelessness) lead to his attention to lives of street people. For a time his studio filled with detritus he had picked up off the streets in a kind of personal anti-littering campaign. Among the items harvested were hundreds of empty liquor bottles which he re-cycled into sculpture. The bottle reappears in his prints, an emblem of cause or consequence for many people who call the streets home.