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Artist/Maker
Alyson Shotz
(American, born 1964)
Publisher
The ƒ/Ø Project, Los Angeles, CA
Date2019
MediumSuite of four salt print photograms within a portfolio case with colophon
DimensionsSheet (each, approximately): 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Overall (portfolio case): 22 × 17 3/8 × 1/4 in. (55.9 × 44.1 × 0.6 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, William G. Roehrick '34 Art Acquisition and Preservation Fund
Object number2019.14.1-4
Not on view
DescriptionThe artist, Alyson Shotz, says of this series: "I've always been intrigued by the photographic process - each grain of silver making up an image that we recognize as a representation of reality. It’s a two-dimensional image made up of very tiny three-dimensional grains. I was interested in experimenting with the salt process because salt is also crystalline in structure. Salt is such an iconic element and is essential for life itself. When thinking about the salt process, I wondered about making salt the subject of the imagery by using it as the medium. The many grains are like stars in the sky and the crystalline structure reflects and refracts light. In these photographs, the grains of salt become galaxies in the universe. Working in the dark room, it seems possible to visit the far reaches of the universe through the humble means of salt scattered on paper." (SOURCE: The ƒ/Ø Project website, http://www.f-zeroproject.com/alyson-shotz.html, accessed May 2019)
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Additional Details
Provenance
2019: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from The ƒ/Ø Project, Los Angeles, CA.
Markings
None noted.
Signature
Each print signed and dated on verso at lower right in pencil.
Inscribed
Various inscriptions on each print verso in pencil.
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Date: 117 C.E. - 138 C.E.
Medium: Silver
Object number: S2018.1.28
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Date: c. 960-1126 CE
Medium: Stoneware with qingbai glaze
Object number: 1993.12.1a
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Date: c. 960-1126 CE
Medium: Stoneware with qingbai glaze
Object number: 1993.12.2a
André Masson
Date: 1943
Medium: Soft-ground etching
Object number: 1992.46.2