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Pigment print by Tom Chambers, “Tethered Aviator/Aviador Atado (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñand…
Tethered Aviator/Aviador Atado (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñando Hacia Atrás)
Pigment print by Tom Chambers, “Tethered Aviator/Aviador Atado (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñand…
Pigment print by Tom Chambers, “Tethered Aviator/Aviador Atado (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñando Hacia Atrás),” 2010 (printed 2011)

Tethered Aviator/Aviador Atado (from Dreaming in Reverse/Soñando Hacia Atrás)

Artist (American, born 1957)
Date2010 (printed 2011)
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 7 15/16 x 7 15/16 in. (20.2 x 20.2 cm)
Support: 13 13/16 x 10 15/16 in. (35.1 x 27.8 cm)
Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Dennis Cormier, 2012
Object number2012.15.1
DescriptionA wicker rocking chair dominates the foreground of a room with an open window and a bird perched on the sill behind it. A long haired woman in floral print dress stands in the background peering at the bird while holding a string to which the bird is attached.
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The artist traveled extensively in Mexico twenty-five years ago and was attracted to the “sense of spirituality and magic” he experienced there. Upon returning in 2010, he found it much changed by global consumerism and made this body of work to express his appreciation for the Mexican culture he had encountered earlier and his concern over its apparent eclipse. His style in these images draws on the literary model of Magical Realism in which fantastical elements are mixed with recognizable everyday elements.
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