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Artist
Zeke Berman
(American, born 1951)
Date1989-1990
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 12 1/4 × 19 1/4 in. (31.1 × 48.9 cm)
Support: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
Support: 15 15/16 × 19 7/8 in. (40.5 × 50.5 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Bobbie Foshay, 2017
Object number2017.24.14
DescriptionBackground of black drapery with drawing made of white string in front.eMuseum Notes
Zeke Berman’s artistic process involves constructing scenes to be recorded with photography. This process combines the tradition of still-life painting with tabletop photography, and results in an image that is a composite of drawing, sculpting, and photography. Here, Berman has created the illusion of a line drawing illustrating a mathematical computation. This effect is achieved by tying together a series of strings in front of a velvet curtain.
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