Sustenance #104
Artist
Neeta Madahar
(English, born 1966)
Date2003
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsOverall: 34 x 43 7/8 inches (86.36 x 111.44 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2005.37.380
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of birds at feeders in small tree with new spring leaves.Exhibition HistoryRotation 27. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 23, 2019–February 2, 2020, no cat.
Rotation 2. The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. October 24, 2007 – March 19, 2008, no cat.
Neeta Madahar documented the feeding activity of various bird species that gathered at the apartment balcony of her home in Framingham, Massachusetts. For eighteen months, she recorded the scene day after day from the same camera position. Her use of selective focus and studio flash lighting gives the images a hyperreal quality. Blurring the line between staged and spontaneous, Madahar’s photographs explore themes of habit, change and consistency, and chance.
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2005;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2005.
Copyright© Neeta Madahar
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