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Photograph - Anabiosis: Fishermen Plants
  • Anabiosis: Fishermen Plants
    Chernysheva, Olga, born 1962
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Anabiosis: Fishermen Plants

  • Object:

    Photograph

  • Place of origin:

    Moscow, Russia (photographed)

  • Date:

    2000 (photographed)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Chernysheva, Olga, born 1962 (photographer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Gelatin-silver print

  • Credit Line:

    Purchased from the Sir Cecil Beaton Fund 2004

  • Museum number:

    E.3555-2004

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

  • Image in copyright

On the snow-covered ice, a solitary Russian fisherman sits wrapped in fabrics and plastic to protect himself against the freezing cold. He must be deciphered before his form begins to appear from the layers enshrouding him. The image comes from a series entitled Anabiosis, meaning a return to life after apparent death. Chernysheva’s photograph revives the fisherman, if only through our vague perception of his shape.

Physical description

Black and white photograph of a fisherman wrapped in hessian and plastic sitting on a frozen river in Moscow.

Place of Origin

Moscow, Russia (photographed)

Date

2000 (photographed)

Artist/maker

Chernysheva, Olga, born 1962 (photographer)

Materials and Techniques

Gelatin-silver print

Dimensions

Height: 105 cm, Width: 70 cm

Descriptive line

Photograph, from 'Anabiosis: Fishermen Plants' series, by Olga Chernysheva, 2000

Exhibition History

Something that I'll Never Really See: Contemporary Photography from the V&A (Cartwright Hall, Bradford 24/01/2009-19/03/2009)
Something that I'll Never Really See: Contemporary Photography from the V&A (Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry 16/09/2008-11/01/2009)
Something that I'll Never Really See: Contemporary Photography from the V&A (Hatton Gallery, Newcastle 27/06/2008-21/08/2008)
Something that I'll Never Really See: Contemporary Photography from the V&A (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery 03/05/2008-15/06/2008)
Something that I'll Never Really See: Contemporary Photography from the V&A (artsdepot, Finchley, London 24/01/2008-31/03/2008)
Something that I'll Never Really See: Contemporary Photography from the V&A (Sainsbury Centre, Norwich 01/05/2007-24/06/2007)

Labels and date

On the snow-covered ice, a solitary Russian fisherman sits wrapped in fabrics and plastic to protect himself against the freezing cold. Similarly, a tree, uncannily human in outline, is covered to preserve it through the ravages of winter. Both must be deciphered before the forms begins to appear from the layers enshrouding them. These images come from a series entitled Anabiosis, meaning a return to life after apparent death. Chernysheva's photographs revive the fisherman and the plant, if only through our vague perception of their shape. [2008-2009]

Categories

Photographs

Collection code

PDP

Qr_O101681
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