Urban Flow 1865, New York
Artist
Adam Magyar
(Hungarian, born 1972)
Date2015
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage and sheet: 23 1/2 × 67 inches (59.69 × 170.18 cm)
Mount: 23 1/2 × 67 inches (59.69 × 170.18 cm)
Mount: 23 1/2 × 67 inches (59.69 × 170.18 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2015.20.13
SignedSigned on gallery label, verso frame backing board, bottom, in black pen.
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionThere are corresponding horizontal streaks which appear above and below pedestrians.Exhibition HistoryRotation 27. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, August 23, 2019–February 2, 2020, no cat.
Utilizing the same basic technology as the photo-finish cameras at the Olympic Games, Adam Magyar’s photographs are literally “slices of life.” To create these images, Magyar developed an innovative digital slit-scan camera to photograph the endless stream of pedestrians crossing a busy intersection. His camera remains stationary, capturing “sections of infinite time flowing by relentlessly, like our own life spans.” Magyar’s work invites the viewer to take a moment for self-reflection and to “feel that life is happening.”
Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2015;
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Given by the Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2015.
Copyright© Adam Magyar
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