Capitalizing on Communism

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© Andrea Robbins and Max Becher. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational pu…
Capitalizing on Communism
© Andrea Robbins and Max Becher. Image courtesy of Light Work, Syracuse, NY. For educational purposes only.
Artist/Maker (American, born 1963)
Artist/Maker (German, born 1964)
Date1998
MediumArchival inkjet print
DimensionsImage: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 11 × 13 in. (27.9 × 33 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, The Wynant J. Williams '35 Art Collection Fund
Object number2020.8.2
Not on view
Description"Andrea Robbins was born in 1963, Boston, MA. Max Becher was born in 1964, Düsseldorf, Germany. Both received their BFA at Cooper Union in 1986. Andrea attended Hunter College School of Art in New York City, and Max received his MFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. They are unique in that they are artists who are married, and have collaborated for twenty years. Andrea Robbins and Max Becher are artists who make photo-based conceptual work on the subject of the “transportation of place.” Max teaches in the Digital Media Area of the School of Art and Art History at the University of Florida. Andrea teaches in the photography department at the University of Florida with an emphasis on the conceptual meaning behind formal conventions. Andrea and Max have taught at the Cooper Union and various other institutions." (SOURCE: Light Work, Syracuse, NY)

Additional Details

Provenance 2020: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by purchase from Light Work, Syracuse, NY.
Markings No markings noted.
Signature Signed and dated "Andrea Robbins Max Becher 1998" on verso at lower left in pencil.
Inscribed "46/75" on verso at lower left in pencil.
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