Artists Space

Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading (extended)

February 17 – March 10, 1979

A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text. In the center of the image is an open doorframe.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text. In the center of the image is an open doorframe.]

Dennis Adams' "Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading (extended)" is an installation juxtaposing published photographs of Patricia Hearst and descriptive texts. About the installation, Adams says, "This work investigates the precarious relationship of photographic evidence when it is paired with written description. Installed to stimulate a circular reading, the work operates through a sculptural dimension."

Photographs mounted to black backgrounds are hung up in a row on a white wall.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [Photographs mounted to black backgrounds are hung up in a row on a white wall.]
A man holds a photograph up to his face with a microphone directly in front of him.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A man holds a photograph up to his face with a microphone directly in front of him.]
A plaque with text is hung up next to an open doorframe. Through the doorframe, a continuous strip extending around the perimeter of the room is visible. The strip on the walls alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A plaque with text is hung up next to an open doorframe. Through the doorframe, a continuous strip extending around the perimeter of the room is visible. The strip on the walls alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]
The image of a figure standing next to a camera and tripod is reflected in a mirror hung on a wall.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [The image of a figure standing next to a camera and tripod is reflected in a mirror hung on a wall.]
A woman sits at a desk covered with notebooks and documents. She looks off to the side holding a pen by a mug. Behind her, a round window allows light to enter the room.
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A woman sits at a desk covered with notebooks and documents. She looks off to the side holding a pen by a mug. Behind her, a round window allows light to enter the room.]
Contact sheet of installation images showing artwork hung up on walls .
Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Contact sheet of installation views, Artists Space, 1979. [Contact sheet of installation images showing artwork hung up on walls .]

Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading Press Release

Marzorati, Gerald, “Hearst Heist.” The Soho Weekly News. Nov. 23, 1978. Print.

Programming at Artists Space is partially supported by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts.

    A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.
    Patricia Hearst – a Second Reading. Installation view, Artists Space, 1979. [A continuous strip extends around the perimeter of the room, hung up on the walls. The strip alternates between photographic stills and black boxes overlaid with white text.]