The Conversation
Object NameGiclee Print
Artist / Maker
King Au
(Chinese-American, born 1960)
Date2022
MediumGiclee print, framed
Dimensions84 x 48 in.
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineCommissioned by University Museums on the Centennial of Trice’s death. Funding provided by the Joyce Brewer Art Acquisition Fund. In the Art on Campus Collection, University Museums, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
Object numberU2022.119
Status
On viewCultureAmerican
Label TextInspired by: Jack Trice, 1988 by Christopher B. Bennett (American, b. 1953). King Au’s exploration focused on a single event: The evening before Mr. Jack Trice’s first college football game against University of Minnesota on October 1923. While in his hotel room, Mr. Trice was having a serious conversation with himself (artist interpretation). He wrote down his commitment, his courage, and his might, to succeed and lead as an individual, as well as a team. While Mr. Trice was assessing his representation, he was also mentally preparing on his moves, and repeatedly used the words: ‘I will’. The multiple angles of Mr. Trice in ‘The Conversation’ represents the intense talk with himself. The 3-D pages on top represent a journal that was started and left unfinished. The sky images represent time and immortality.
Locations
- (not entered) Iowa State University, Christian Petersen Art Museum
Object Name: Engraving and Portfolio
Amy Namowitz Worthen
2012
Object number: U2012.85a-d
Object Name: Digital Print
Leopold Masterson
2015
Object number: UM2017.1
