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Daggers, Stones
Daggers, Stones
Daggers, Stones

Daggers, Stones

Artist (American, born 1981)
Date2015
Mediumgelatin silver photogram
DimensionsImage: 22 7/8 × 39 3/8 in. (58.1 × 100 cm)
Frame: 24 9/16 × 41 1/16 × 2 in. (62.4 × 104.3 × 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 2016
Object number2016.15
DescriptionA two-part composition of abstract shapes . Left side features a horizon line with a large dark form at left foreground, with tall spiky form at center with shadow, triangle at right, and other shapes throughout; right side features a horizon line consistent with the previous composition, punctuated by a large dark form at right foreground with dark oblong shapes, a vase-like shape, and a white spiky shape with shadow, in addition to a dark corner of the triangle from the previous frame.
Text Entries
Photography is best known for its detailed descriptions of the world around us but it can also be used to imagine new realms, just as with painting and drawing. The title of this piece refers to stones and daggers, both objects of our visible world, but here the artist uses their shapes to build an unearthly still life or landscap using just paper and light (and no camera!).
On View
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