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Chemigram 24/8/61 III 'Big Bangram'

Photograph
1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chemigram with abstract design, which looks like an exploding atom, on photographic paper.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleChemigram 24/8/61 III 'Big Bangram' (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Chemigram on gelatin-silver photographic paper
Brief description
Photogram, chemigram on photographic paper, 'Chemigram 24/8/61 III 'Big Bangram'', Pierre Cordier, Belgium, 1961.
Physical description
Chemigram with abstract design, which looks like an exploding atom, on photographic paper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 24.1cm
  • Width: 29.1
Gallery label
Cameraless Photography Pierre Cordier (b.1933) Chemigram 9/1/61‘Big Bangram’ 1961 Chemigram on gelatin silver paper 24.1 x 29.1 cm Purchased through the generosity of HH Sheikh Saud bin Mohamad bin Ali Al-Thani, with further support from Basil Hyman Museum no. E.858-2010 Although he is not a scientist, science informs Cordier’s work: the question of nanostructures, for instance, objects that exist on the molecular scale. ‘To explore a chemigram,’ he says, ‘you often need eagle eyes, a magnifying glass or a microscope. Sometimes, a seemingly insignificant detail reveals a whole world. Like the messages hidden by spies in the dot of an i.’
Credit line
Purchased through the generosity of HH Sheikh Saud bin Mohamad bin Ali Al-Thani, with further support from Basil Hyman
Collection
Accession number
E.858-2010

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Record createdJuly 12, 2011
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