Star/Rats (from the series Dog God)
Artist
André Ruesch
(American, born Switzerland, born 1961)
Date1992 (printed 2013)
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 x 22 in. (34.9 x 55.9 cm)
Support: 16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm)
Mat: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
Support: 16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm)
Mat: 24 × 30 in. (61 × 76.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of André Ruesch, 2013
Object number2013.28.2
DescriptionComposition is black on top and white on bottom. Top half has four star shapes and one crescent shape added in a golden yellow color, along with the letters “S T A R” with radiating lines. Bottom half has a drawing of a rat at lower right and radiating arrows pointing to the letters “R A T S,” all in a golden yellow color.eMuseum Notes
Originally made for the artist’s Master’s of Fine Arts exhibition at the University of New Mexico in 1996, this image shows his early use of video-captured images and computer drawing, which was then at a very rudimentary stage. The series, “Dog God,” also explores the flexibility and confusions of the English language, which contain many mirror words or reverse palindromes. In this case the word “star” turns into “rats,”a reference to the artist’s Jewish relatives in Europe who were subject to persecution during World War II.
On View
Not on view
Steve Fitch
September 9, 2006 (printed 2017)
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