Locks, Combinations and Keys

PS122 Gallery presents ”Locks, Combinations and Keys,” an intimate glimpse of the inhabitants within a New York City Public School by Meryl Meisler.
Meryl Meisler has documented her observations as an art educator in the New York City public school system since 1979. Her humorous, thought-provoking images are installed with magnets and locks that were cut off school lockers when students forgot their combinations or lost keys. Meisler’s insider point of view evokes associative narratives of pupils, parents and pedagogues, drawn together by choice, chance and circumstance.