Beach Clean
Photograph
1999 (made)
1999 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Sian Bonnell places ordinary household objects in the outdoors and, therefore, out of context. She then photographs these sculptural installations, producing imagery that is at once humorous and thought-provoking. She has said: 'Working within the landscape tradition, one of the oldest genres, the intention is to undercut the rhetoric of romanticism to comment on and create other fictions: landscapes of the imagination, the sublime and the ridiculous
Bonnell's photograph 'Putting Hills in Holland' was used as the poster image for the V&A exhibition 'Seeing Things: Photographing Objects 1850-2001'.
Bonnell's photograph 'Putting Hills in Holland' was used as the poster image for the V&A exhibition 'Seeing Things: Photographing Objects 1850-2001'.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Beach Clean (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | C-type print |
| Brief description | Beach Clean, 1999. Colour photograph by Sian Bonnell, given by the artist. |
| Physical description | Image of cleaning implements (brightly-coloured mops) sticking out of the sand on a beach |
| Dimensions |
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| Gallery label | Photography Centre, 2018-20:
Sian Bonnell (born 1956)
Beach Clean
1999
Bonnell places ordinary household objects out of context in the outdoors. She photographs these sculptural installations, producing humorous and thought-provoking images. She has said: ‘The intention is to undercut the rhetoric of romanticism to comment on and create other fictions: landscapes of the imagination, the sublime and the ridiculous’.
C-type print
Museum no. E.119-2002 |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Summary | Sian Bonnell places ordinary household objects in the outdoors and, therefore, out of context. She then photographs these sculptural installations, producing imagery that is at once humorous and thought-provoking. She has said: 'Working within the landscape tradition, one of the oldest genres, the intention is to undercut the rhetoric of romanticism to comment on and create other fictions: landscapes of the imagination, the sublime and the ridiculous Bonnell's photograph 'Putting Hills in Holland' was used as the poster image for the V&A exhibition 'Seeing Things: Photographing Objects 1850-2001'. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.119-2002 |
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| Record created | May 19, 2009 |
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