Untitled

Artist Adam Fuss (English, born 1961)

Date1992

MediumDye destruction photogram

DimensionsOverall: 64 × 49 1/2 inches (162.56 × 125.73 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.4956

Edition/State/ProofEd. unique

On View

Not on view

Collections

Photography

Terms

DescriptionPink and red spiral with undulating waves on black background; bright light in center.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Adam Fuss, Retrospective 1986-2010, Fundación MAPFRE, Madrid, January, 27–April 17, 2011, no.

Rotation 27. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 23, 2019–February 2, 2020, no cat.

Gallery Label

Adam Fuss constructs photographs without a camera. This image was made from a light source swinging in concentric circles over a sheet of photographic paper. Fuss is deliberately vague about this process. He states: “I would much prefer people to look at my photographs as if they were paintings…. Somehow when people look at photographs they want an answer to a question that they feel can be answered through technical information.”

Provenance

Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY;
Purchased from Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY by Hallmark Cards, Inc., Kansas City, MO, 1993;
Given by Hallmark Cards, Inc. to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.

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