From the artist statement: "I believe play is essential, both in life and in art. I also believe the political is personal. For me, art is more about questions than answers. B-4-9-11 is a piece that started with simple childhood games mounted on one of my favorite, a carom board. I come from a family of hunters; I was a Peace Corps volunteer during the Vietnam era and had a brother who fought there; I joined in protests of the USA invasion of Iraq; the piece developed. Dominos, Monopoly, brass casings of ammunition in a chess pattern....and Bingo with the filled in spaces B-4-9-11 and the ones that follow signifying the years our country has been progressively at war....Bingo ends at 75.... this piece and its companion American Pi give no answers, but I hope they raise questions and lead, as play does, to exploration." For more about the artist, see: www.patriciagoodrich.com/ For more about the exhibit "Toying with Art," see (pdf): www.artincityhall.org/PDFs/toying with art catalog.pdf For more about the "Art In City Hall" program, see: www.artincityhall.org/