River Taw
Artist
Susan Derges
(English, born 1955)
Date1998-1999
MediumDye destruction print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 65 × 23 3/4 inches (165.1 × 60.33 cm)
Mount: 65 × 23 3/4 inches (165.1 × 60.33 cm)
Framed: 105 × 26 × 2 1/4 inches (266.7 × 66.04 × 5.72 cm)
Mount: 65 × 23 3/4 inches (165.1 × 60.33 cm)
Framed: 105 × 26 × 2 1/4 inches (266.7 × 66.04 × 5.72 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.19
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. unique
On View
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DescriptionImage of rippling water creating scale-like forms with larger black masses gathered near the top.Gallery LabelSusan Derges trained as a painter before turning to photography—specifically to cameraless photography. Interested in photographically documenting the movement of water in a natural setting, Derges visited the River Taw near her home in western England. There, she placed large sheets of color photographic paper beneath the surface of the river to catch the patterns made by the movement of water. Derges uses the most primitive photographic processes to address a contemporary issue: our relationship to the environment.
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Copyright© Susan Derges
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