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Guest, 1.56 p.m., 4th November, 1995

Photograph
1995 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bucklow, Christopher (Mr.) (artist)

Photograph, 'Guest, 1.56 p.m., 4th November, 1995', silhouette of the artist, by Christopher Bucklow, 1995


Object details

Object type
Photograph
TitleGuest, 1.56 p.m., 4th November, 1995 (assigned by artist)
Brief description
Photograph, 'Guest, 1.56 p.m., 4th November, 1995', silhouette of the artist, by Christopher Bucklow, 1995
Dimensions
  • Height: 990mm
  • Width: 720mm
Gallery label
  • Cameraless Photography Christopher Bucklow (b.1957) Sleeping Guest, 8.17 pm, 31 July 1996 1996 Dye destruction print 99 x 72 cm Museum no.E.587-1996 Given by the artist in memory of Ray Smith The people depicted in Bucklow’s Guest series are mainly characters who have appeared in the artist’s dreams. The images are created by drawing around a person’s silhouette. Bucklow transfers the outline to foil and punctures it with thousands of pinholes. The foil is stretched over a box containing photographic paper which is exposed to the sky. Each hole focuses the sun onto the paper to create a glowing, otherworldly presence. Christopher Bucklow (b.1957) Sleeping Guest, 1.56 pm, 4th November 1995 1995 Dye destruction print 99 x 72 cm Museum no.E.238-1999
  • Christopher Bucklow makes the images in his Guest series by drawing around the silhouettes of figures. He then transfers the outline to a foil sheet and punctures it with thousands of pinholes. When the foil is stretched over a simple kind of box camera and exposed to the sky, each hole focuses the sun onto the photographic paper. The points of light number around 27,000: the approximate number of days in an average human life span of seventy years.(2008-2009)
Credit line
Given by Christopher Bucklow
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.238-1999

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Record createdJuly 4, 2000
Record URL
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