Phantoms (from the series The Forest)
Artist
Ken Rosenthal
(American, born 1964)
Date2013 (printed 2016)
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 30 in. (50.8 × 76.2 cm)
Support: 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm)
Support: 25 1/8 × 37 1/8 in. (63.8 × 94.3 cm)
Support: 24 × 36 in. (61 × 91.4 cm)
Support: 25 1/8 × 37 1/8 in. (63.8 × 94.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from Edward Osowski in honor of the artist, 2016
Object number2016.28
DescriptionDark, horizontal image of forest with blunt ends of two severed tree trunks at center with their branches springing out like arms or tentacles.eMuseum Notes
In
his series “The Forest,” Rosenthal uses the landscape of the Selkirk Mountains
in northeastern Washington as a metaphor for psychological complexity and
darkness. Having visited annually since childhood, the artist has a strong
connection with this place. Familiar though it may be, in these pictures he
imbues the toppled trees, tangles of undergrowth, and jutting pine branches
with human qualities as a way of exploring themes of confusion, loss and
renewal.
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