Hordes, la Galerie d'Anatomie Comparée, Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Artist
Matthew Pillsbury
(American, born France, 1973)
Date2008; printed 2009
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches (80.01 x 100.03 cm)
Sheet: 37 1/2 x 44 1/8 inches (95.25 x 112.09 cm)
Sheet: 37 1/2 x 44 1/8 inches (95.25 x 112.09 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2009.71.25
SignedRecto, signed in pencil "Matthew Pillsbury"
InscribedRecto, in pencil: "Hordes La Galerie d'Anatomie Comparée Musée d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 2008 TV 08425 5/10 8/20/09
On View
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Terms
Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 12 , 2012- February 10, 2013, no cat.
Rotation 20. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 18, 2015 – February 28, 2016, no cat.
Born in Neuilly, France, Matthew Pillsbury studied-and is now based-in the U.S. His photographs are fundamentally about time-both the duration of his actual exposures and the age or implications of the things and activities he records. Working in black and white with a large 8 x 10-inch camera, he often makes exposures of one or two hours in which moving figures turn into ghostly blurs. His subjects range from displays in natural history museums to extended portraits of people working on laptop computers or watching television.
Copyright© Matthew Pillsbury / Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York
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