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Joanne Ross

Messages to a Myth, 1993


Gelatin silver gold paper print mounted on aluminum
Each 15" x 15"

When I visited Graceland, home to Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee, I was moved to read the many-layered messages left for him by devoted fans.   Messages to a Myth documents the passionate notes inscribed on the outer stonewall of his home.  While maintenance crews periodically wash off the graffiti, steady streams of new pilgrims quickly replace the missing words.

 

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