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Onion
Photograph

1998
11 1/4 x 45 in. (28.58 x 114.3 cm)

Catherine F. Wagner (San Francisco, California, 1953 - )

Object Type: Photograph
Medium and Support: Iris print on paper
Credit Line: Acquired from the artist upon the completion of the San Jose Museum of Art Artist Residency Fellowship, awarded to the artist in 1997.
Accession Number: 2002.03.01

Exhibition


Process as Paradigm: Works from the Permanent Collection
, January 17, 2009 - July 5, 2009, New Wing, Second Floor, South Metro A Gallery, San José Museum of Art.

Beyond Tradition: Permanent Collection Photographs, September 27, 2003 - August 22, 2004, Historic Wing, Paul L. Davies Gallery, Second Floor, San José Museum of Art.

Catherine Wagner: Cross Sections, February 5, 2003 - May 25, 2003, Pasadena Museum of California Art.

Catherine Wagner: Cross Sections, October 3, 2001 - January 20, 2002, New Wing, Gibson Family Gallery and Plaza Gallery, First Floor, San José Museum of Art.

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Beyond Tradition: Permanent Collection Photographs (2003-2004)

Using MRI and SEM technology, Catherine Wagner attempts to reestablish the creative links between art and science. She also initiates a dialogue about scientific discoveries as they relate to contemporary culture. By exposing their visual properties through the use of these sophisticated scientific processes, Wagner reveals the unseen properties of natural objects and investigates their core meanings. In Onion, Wagner uses the digital information to duplicate the image and create hypnotic patterns that serve as metaphors for cellular replication. The repetition also mirrors the standard research practice of conducting an experiment countless times to arrive at substantive data and workable hypotheses.

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