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Preamble, 1987
Mike Wilkins
In a show of ingenuity, Mike Wilkins used a collection of vanity license plates to phonetically spell out the preamble of the US Constitution, combining letters and numbers in a way often used by drivers to convey messages about themselves or their cars on vanity plates. All fifty states and the District of Columbia are represented with plates, which are in alphabetical order by state name. Though most of the plates make no sense on their own, together they re-create text from one of the greatest documents in American history. This work puts a fun twist on the phrase, "the United States." |