Garden of Delight from the series Objects of Desire
Photograph
1988 (made)
1988 (made)
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In Sarah Charlesworth's series Objects of Desire (1983-1988), photographs reproduced in books or magazines are cut from their contexts and re-photographed against flat colour grounds. Presented in matching lacquer frames, the seductively glossy photographs are paired into diptychs that comment on ways in which images function in mass culture. Here, images appropriated from travel and nature publications are juxtaposed into a representation of sexual desire.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Laminated dye destruction print with laminated wood frame |
| Brief description | Photograph by Sarah Charlesworth, panel from 'Garden of Delight', laminated Cibachrome panel and lacquered frame, USA, 1989 |
| Physical description | A photographic image in the shape of a small keyhole, through which a garden is visible, set in the centre of a black panel surrounded by a black laminated wood frame. |
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| Gallery label | In Sarah Charlesworth's series Objects of Desire (1983-1988), photographs reproduced in books or magazines are cut from their contexts and re-photographed against flat colour grounds. Presented in matching lacquer frames, the seductively glossy photographs are paired into diptychs that comment on ways in which images function in mass culture. Here, images appropriated from travel and nature publications are juxtaposed into a representation of sexual desire. (11/08/2011-27/11/2011) |
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| Summary | In Sarah Charlesworth's series Objects of Desire (1983-1988), photographs reproduced in books or magazines are cut from their contexts and re-photographed against flat colour grounds. Presented in matching lacquer frames, the seductively glossy photographs are paired into diptychs that comment on ways in which images function in mass culture. Here, images appropriated from travel and nature publications are juxtaposed into a representation of sexual desire. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990 |
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| Accession number | E.3204-1990 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2009 |
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