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Deeper Look: Jenny HolzerFINAL AUTOPSY REPORT DOD 003235-DOD 003241

 

  • Jenny Holzer

  • On view through at least 2018
  • MASS MoCA

FINAL AUTOPSY REPORT DOD 003235-DOD 003241 RADIANT BLUE, 2006
Oil on linen, 2 elements
66 x 25.5 x 1.5 in.

Location: South Hall

In October 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union published a set of autopsy reports of detainees killed while in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan. The report from which these pages are taken describes the case of an Iraqi soldier who died while gagged and shackled to the top of a doorframe. The medical examiner concludes that the subject died of “blunt force injuries and asphyxia.”

The original source document for this work can be found here.