The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 18, 2025
Cleveland, OH (Disney)
2004
(American, b. 1971)
Image: 110.6 x 132.1 cm (43 9/16 x 52 in.)
© Brian Ulrich
Location: Not on view
Description
Soon after the tragic events of 9/11 in 2001, Ulrich began to photograph American citizens throughout the Midwest who, as he wrote, “were encouraged to take to the malls to boost the U.S. economy through shopping, thereby equating consumerism with patriotism.” Unobtrusively, he recorded—with wit and empathy—people of all ages and from all strata of society caught in the process of deciding what to buy in the environments of vast shopping malls and big box stores. In this vivid image, the former Cleveland resident isolated a young consumer seemingly overwhelmed by an overabundance of appealing toys stocked in the Disney Store located in Cleveland’s Terminal Tower. Gift of Katherine Solender and William E. Katzin 2007.170- From the artist to Julie Saul Gallery in New York.
- Brian Ulrich: Copia—Retail, Thrift, and Dark Stores, 2001–11. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 27, 2011-January 16, 2012); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (January 18-March 10, 2013); North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (October 15, 2013-January 5, 2014); Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI (January 18-May 15, 2014).Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009).The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present"
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2007.170