A H20i a Koi (from the series Dog God)

Artist André Ruesch (American, born Switzerland, born 1961)

Date1992 (printed 2013)

Mediumpigment print

DimensionsImage: 13 3/4 × 22 in. (34.9 × 55.9 cm)
Support: 16 × 24 in. (40.6 × 61 cm)

ClassificationsPhotograph

Credit LineGift of André Ruesch, 2013

Object number2013.28.3

DescriptionAbstract black-and-white field onto which red lines are drawn by computer in the shape of a submarine. The words “a H2Oi, a Koi” appear at right, also in red.
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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Originally made for the artist’s Master’s of Fine Arts exhibition at the University of New Mexico in 1996, this image shows his early use of video-captured images and computer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, combining “Ahoy” with the chemical notation for water and a reference to koi, an ornamental type of carp.

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