Rogers Street, Atlanta (from the series Monster)
Artist
Beth Lilly
(American, born 1963)
Date2007 (printed 2011)
Mediumpigment print
DimensionsMat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Support: 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Image: 14 × 19 in. (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
Support: 17 × 22 in. (43.2 × 55.9 cm)
Image: 14 × 19 in. (35.6 × 48.3 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 2017
Object number2017.13
DescriptionHorizontal composition with heavily trimmed tree trunk at left with branches extending across length of picture. Next to it and in background ar utlity poles and wires. At right is a chain-link fence.eMuseum Notes
In
her series “Monster,” Beth Lilly photographs urban trees as a way to examine
the human relationship with nature. The trees are thriving and have adapted
themselves to the presence of power lines in the landscape, often resulting in
bizarre forms. The title of the series refers both to these extreme and
sometimes haunting shapes as well as to the society whose values have created
them.
On View
Not on viewSteve Fitch
Negative 1983, print 2021