Untitled
Artist
Michael Bishop
(American, 1946 - 2016)
Dateca. 1973-1974
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 8 1/16 × 8 inches (20.48 × 20.32 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Sheet: 14 × 11 inches (35.56 × 27.94 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Michael Bishop
Object number2017.42.43
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of rocks scattered over a rough surface with the largest rock near the center. A grid of plus signs is printed over the image.Gallery LabelDescriptions of the moon’s surface remained shrouded in speculation until astronauts photographed the lunar terrain in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Michael Bishop emulated the look of NASA’s pictures in a body of work titled Space/Technology. At first glance, the sparse landscape and horizonless vantage point seen through a gridded surface appear remarkably similar to NASA’s official photographs (see Moonscape, 1971, which hangs nearby). A closer reading of the images reveals discarded cans or Bishop’s shadow: a humorous reminder that these views are earthbound fabrications.
Estate of Michael Bishop;
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© Estate of Michael Bishop
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