Joel Swanson has spent his entire artistic career questioning the order of things. Who, for example, decided just how long an inch should be or how many of them should count as a foot? Or which letters should come first, second or third in the alphabet? Who got to draw the borders of states and countries? Joel Swanson uses everyday objects in his work, like this flashing road sign that hangs on a gallery wall.

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