TV and Picnic Table
Photograph
1996 (printed), 1996 (made)
1996 (printed), 1996 (made)
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Photograph of a picnic table chained to a tree, with a TV or computer monitor positioned on top of the table. There is a forested area in the background.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Susan Lipper, 'TV and Picnic Table', from the series 'Trip', 1996, gelatin silver print |
| Physical description | Photograph of a picnic table chained to a tree, with a TV or computer monitor positioned on top of the table. There is a forested area in the background. |
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| Copy number | 5 of 10 |
| Gallery label | These photographs by Susan Lipper and the accompanying texts by Frederick Barthelme are from a larger series published as the book Trip. Its ambiguity between fact and fiction challenges how we make sense of images and words and create our own narratives in response. The work offers a new and knowing take on the tradition of American photography and literature and contains signs and symbols that can be read on many different levels. The joint effect of the images and text invokes a 'Twilight Zone' between the familiar and the peculiar, the witty and the profound. - Martin Barnes
[Text as separate label to accompany Susan Lipper photo of picnic table chained to tree]
"She said his real name was Larry and he'd improved his lot considerably, expanding t he bikini business by branching out into sno-cones, rentals on flotation devices, umbrellas, Sunfish, Rollerblades, volleyball equipment and water wings, plus entrepreneurial deals like beachfront valet parking, sunscreen delivery systems, small foods and so on. He had a new Chevy van with an aftermarket nine-thousand dollar paint job from one of the local hot rod shops featuring severed Medusa-heads pulled from boxes swamped in elegant lime and teal flames. In the nineties, the world was full of hard choices."(11/09/2007-28/06/2008) |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Cecil Beaton Royalties Fund |
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| Accession number | E.968-2000 |
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| Record created | July 28, 2000 |
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