Images of Jack Pierson, In every dreamhome a heartache
Jack Pierson, American, b. 1960
In every dreamhome a heartache, 1990
Chromogenic development print
30 × 20 in. (76.2 × 50.1 cm)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Restricted gift of The Dave Hokin Foundation, 1995.119.4.
Short In a complex but quiet scene, a tennis court occupies the foreground. Behind the court are a line of modernist buildings, with the Egyptian pyramids looming in the distance.
Short A woman who resembles Lucille Ball, with red hair and dark red lips, stands next to a tropical green plant in front of a bright white building. She wears a navy pantsuit and white scarf.
Short A person, dressed as Lucille Ball, stands next to a bird of paradise plant and other shrubbery near a brightly lit building.
Long The woman, with bright red hair and blue eyes, looks directly at the viewer while wearing a navy pant suit and white ascot. She stands directly next to a large bird of paradise plant, whose leaves shade her from the intense light that renders much of the background a pure white. She appears to be standing near a large white house with more lush plants on its perimeter. The image has a light pink border.
