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On display at V&A South Kensington
Contemporary Glass, Room 129, The Märit Rausing Gallery

To See Ourselves As Others See Us

Installation
2012 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Multiple layers of enamelled and sandblasted glass in a light-box with a black wooden frame around it. The image depicts a man lying on the floor in the foreground surrounded tree stumps and tall trees. There is also a figure and a building in the background. These are all in tones of black and grey, the sky is yellow and white enamel. The layers of glass are framed in a black ornate wooden frame.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleTo See Ourselves As Others See Us (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Glass, enamel, sandblasted, wood
Brief description
'To See Ourselves As Others See Us', multiple layers of enamelled and sandblasted glass in a light-box with wooden frame, by Jeff Zimmer, Edinburgh, 2012.
Physical description
Multiple layers of enamelled and sandblasted glass in a light-box with a black wooden frame around it. The image depicts a man lying on the floor in the foreground surrounded tree stumps and tall trees. There is also a figure and a building in the background. These are all in tones of black and grey, the sky is yellow and white enamel. The layers of glass are framed in a black ornate wooden frame.
Dimensions
  • Height: 54cm
  • Width: 69cm
  • Depth: 18cm
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the Jeremy and Kim White Foundation Glass Fund
Bibliographic references
  • New Glass Review 36 The Corning Museum of Glass, p.128.
  • See departmental Object Information File, particularly for installation details.
Collection
Accession number
C.181-2014

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Record createdFebruary 20, 2013
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