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Oblivion 15n
2004
40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
David Maisel (New York, New York, 1961 - )
City Limits, City Life, December 13, 2014 - June 14, 2015, Historic Wing, Paul L. Davies Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Variations on a Theme, May 23, 2009 - February 7, 2010, New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight Gallery, San José Museum of Art. (Included in Part II: August 1, 2009-February 7, 2010.)
City Limit, City Lights (2014-2015)
In Oblivion 15n, the images underscore the cyborg nature of the city. Themes of development as a self-generating, self-replicating force that exists outside of nature are encoded in these photographs, which view Los Angeles as both a specific site and as a more generalized condition.The inversion of tonalities in these works is a simple act that defamiliarizes the images. It also subtly refers to other ways of imaging- like the X-Ray, which sees within the structure of an organism or body- or other modes of seeing – like the flickering negative images in an atomic blast, when the shadow world is revealed and released.
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Oblivion 15n
Photograph
200440 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
David Maisel (New York, New York, 1961 - )
Object Type: Photograph
Medium and Support: Chromogenic print on paper
Credit Line: Museum purchase with funds contributed by the Collection Committee
Accession Number: 2007.17
Exhibition
City Limits, City Life, December 13, 2014 - June 14, 2015, Historic Wing, Paul L. Davies Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Variations on a Theme, May 23, 2009 - February 7, 2010, New Wing, Second Floor, Central Skylight Gallery, San José Museum of Art. (Included in Part II: August 1, 2009-February 7, 2010.)
SJMA Label Text
City Limit, City Lights (2014-2015)
In Oblivion 15n, the images underscore the cyborg nature of the city. Themes of development as a self-generating, self-replicating force that exists outside of nature are encoded in these photographs, which view Los Angeles as both a specific site and as a more generalized condition.The inversion of tonalities in these works is a simple act that defamiliarizes the images. It also subtly refers to other ways of imaging- like the X-Ray, which sees within the structure of an organism or body- or other modes of seeing – like the flickering negative images in an atomic blast, when the shadow world is revealed and released.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions: - Variations on a Theme San Jose Museum of Art , 5/23/2009 - 2/7/2010
Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
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