Park McArthur
b. 1984, Raleigh, NC; lives and works in New Jersey
Carried and Held, 2012 - ongoing
Fralin Museum of Art wall label
Courtesy of the artist and Margaret Herman, Alexandra McArthur, John McArthur Walker Herman, Mary Herman, Gayle McArthur, Rob Wilusz, Mary Doster Whitaker, Bill and Judy Whitaker, Clarence McArthur, Ann Gayle Rankin, Nancy Herman, Tom Herman, Emily Simon, Cherry Simon, Clem Herman, Johanna Herman, Cesar Maldonado, Emery Herman Jr, Amy Mathys, Peter Freehafer, Verde Barringer, Rosie Molinary, Betsy Kelleher, Dr. Shen, Emily Mangone, Sally Otvos, Jenny Otvos, Christine Byun, Gal Nyska, Catherine Walker, Jeremy Freifeld, Jane Dalton, Duna Norton, Meredith Steele, Janine Hoffmann, Jesse Sharp-Williams, Amanda Matles, Laurie Dunn, Laura Case, Crawford Crenshaw, L.C. and Bob Giduz, Mona, Loretta Shaia, Nancy McMillan, Melissa Berry, Bob Lees, Bonnie Wright, Kathleen Cour, Laura Gerhardt, Stanley in China, Angie Wright, Jim McArthur, Ming an Lee, Murphy and Jeffie Chang, Lauren Lopez, Henry Weil, Middleton Chang, Pete, Unknown Taiwanese Businessman, Melissa Bandy, Derek Lundberg, Wendy McArthur, Leigh Bradford McArthur, Chip Schantz, Brent McCormick, David Prince, Ben Fain, Cybele Lyle, Darren Prince, Madelyn Moyer, Owen Fitzpatrick, Becca Fitzpatrick, Audrey Hynes, Tom McArthur, Kathleen Hudspeth, Carrie Saxton, Adler Guerrier, David Saxton, Willy Hoffmann, Tara Thananetapon, Li Lu, Laura Schulenborg, Becky Nolin, Jen Pike, Michael Just, Jessica Sanders, Kavin Tedamrongwanish, Bethany Pelle, Hannah Heckner, Nicole Mader, Nicole Mader’s husband Kevin, Ceaphas Stubbs, Ann Rath, Fred Rath, W Mae Singerman, all the young men who felt obligated but unsure in volunteering, Lorreta Fahrenholz, her dad, Bill Rath, David Rath, Inka Meißner, Tyler Bonnen, Tori Cole, Rebecca Wood, Maxwell Graham, Tom Ackers, Trista Mallory, Michelle Levin, Jason Loebs, Theresa Smith, Constantina Zavitsanos, Amalle Dublon, s o.’brien, Sky Hall, Yve Laris Cohen, Kristina Bramwell, Krista Heiner, David Crane, Joe Madura, Nate Harrison, Allan Chang, Kiwan Bigelow, Benedicte Henschien, Lisa Fulenwider, Daisy Figueroa, Bronwyn Charlton, Brooks Girsch, Jessica Rodriguez, Sarah Cantrell, Rachel Heckener, Jeremiah Beaverly and the Director of the Ali Forney Center, Laura Waldman, Henry Van Wagenberg, Stephanie Culhane, Barnett Cohen, Anna Lineback, Billie Lynn, Crystal Campbell, Dana Schrenk, Carey McArthur, Jeannine Tang, the guy from Chinese class at Chiuhung’s apartment in Miami, Diana Valbuena, Emily Case, Eryn, Greta in Cooperstown, Hadley Smith, Oscar Tillman, Padraig O’Donoghue, Karl Jiang, Kendall Patterson, Lucy Marcil, Mitch Blessing, Kurt from Hudson Mobility, Bradford’s friend from Norway, Akemi Nishida, Kristy Hayden, all the airline staff, attendants, and occasional captain, Ben Tiven, Peter Daniel, Tim Saltarelli, Amber Hawk Swanson, Pam and Gary Shinn, Kim McArthur, Sandy McArthur, Naomi Safran-Hon, Cindy McArthur, Cassie McArthur, Terry and Dan Whitney’s parents, Alice Garland and Rodney Swink, the midwife, Mary Lou of the sandwich shop, Denise Notch, Apex Middle School Janitor, Noelle Nemick, Ash Ferlito, Peter Freehafter, Lisa Freehafer, Cherry Grove Captain, Ashley Griffith now different last name, Chris Aque, Lindsay Caplan, Sonya Dyer Jacqueline Hoàng Nguyen, 2 people living across the apartment at UM, Cyrus Atkins, David Johnson, Nigel Wallace, Boots and Bill, Miss Jean, Em Rooney Korakrit Arunanondchai, Logan Beitman, Keith at In Touch NYCPT, Jessica Kain, Adam Vollrath, Pat Nemick, Mr. Snively, Monica Cook, Mila Holy, Sarah Anderson, Domingo Castillo, Maria Rapicavoli, Christina Evans, Oliver Cano, Cammisa Bauerhaus, Aaron @ cage, Susie Frasier, Jack, Tara Hart, Daniel de la Rosa, Hope Svenson, Meredith James, Alex Fleming, Ben Tiven’s friend with recording studio from two Junes ago, Cameron Rowland, Meredith James, Robert Snowden, Scott Ponick, Emmy Levitas, J, James w/ Nu Motion, Jennifer Dasal, Jennifer Burris, Adelita Husni-Bey, Alex Jung, Caroline Key, Raymonda Rastegar, Sanjay Shah, Soyoung Yoon, Caitlyn Culbertson, Andrew Blackley, Sadia Shirazi, Kin Choi, Jason Hirata, Dr. Wilson, Nurses with Dr. Wilson, Nurses at Beth Israel 1/25/15-1/26/15, Kelley Mathys, Tom Blood, Ron, Rick of Nu Motion, Dorris Ted Christensen, Hasmine Gallimore, Voinie Gallimore, Nurses at NYU Langone 6/15/18 - 6/16/18 and 6/17/18 - 6/18/18, Abbey Wilusz, Sarah Richter, Forrest MacDonald, person giving massage in London, Jordan Lord, Carolyn Lazard, Olga Jennifer Swayze, Debbe Hirata, Ken Hirata, Alex Wong, Gobe Wong, Satsuma Wong
Artist Description
Park McArthur’s Carried and Held is non-apparent, it exists outside of physical parameters. As a wink to classic museum wall text and citations, McArthur lists a series of names that have “carried and held” her in real life situations naming family members and friends yet, also, “all the young men who felt obligated but unsure in volunteering”. The breadth and variety of names share the same depth of intimacy. McArthur introduces a fresh perspective on the object by not requiring something physical to accompany the text, demonstrating a crip dynamic with labor and presence that undermines how art is usually perceived, allowing for asynchronous embodiment/presence, leakage, and opacity. This new catalog of “artists” also narrates McArthur’s ease with co-authorship stating that the object, herself, is a constant product of meaningful interdependence. As an iterative work that grows with new encounters, it is like a performance that tells multilayered stories with an economy of words. You wonder what was carried, who was held, and paint varying pictures of interaction as you read the list.
-- Description by Jerron Herman
Basic Description
A museum label that looks like other labels in the exhibition and The Fralin museum overall: a white label with black font. The label includes the name of the artist (Park McArthur), name of the work (Carried and Held), years of the work (2012-ongoing), and instead of a curatorial interpretation of the work, as is traditionally presented in these formats, McArthur lists the names of individuals who have literally carried and held her over the years. At the bottom of the label there is extra white space to leave room for those who will carry and hold her in the future.