Untitled (Spiral)
Artist
Laurie Tümer
(American, born 1951)
Date1993
Mediumgelatin silver print with oil paint
DimensionsImage: 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (4.4 × 4.4 cm)
Mat: 12 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (31.1 × 29.8 cm)
Mat: 12 1/4 × 11 3/4 in. (31.1 × 29.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Laurie Tümer, 2016
Object number2016.9.4
DescriptionCollage with cut spiral shapeText Entries
This
tiny collage of photographs and paint is part of a suite of twelve images the
artist made when she was studying for her master’s of fine arts degree. Though
small in scale, each offers a little universe to visit. The shapes and tones
hint at the natural world we know but their combinations are unfamiliar.
The artist made these collages in
El Rito, New Mexico, while enrolled in a low-residency MFA program with Vermont
College. She studied with photographers Holly Roberts and Siegfried Halus as
well as multi-media artist and activist Sabra Moore. The suite of twelve
collages were made early in the program of study when Tumer was working closely
with Roberts. The
photograph is a unique collage of gelatin silver prints with oil paint that are
adhered with Yes Stikflat glue, a flexible, acid-free product used by
bookbinders and other paper professionals. The prints were mounted and matted
by Raymond Nelson in Corrales, New Mexico.
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