Northwest D6
Print
2001 (printed)
2001 (printed)
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This print by Catherine Yass is a digital ink-jet print, focusing on a small detail in a photograph taken in Tokyo, and showing a street scene at night. The artist has enlarged a small detail of that photograph and repeated it in both positive and negative. The print is a dialogue between photography and printmaking. The technique of enlarging and layering a small detail produces a colourful abstract pattern, which communicates the sensory overload experienced in a neon-lit, hectic city.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Northwest D6 (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Inkjet print |
| Brief description | Catherine Yass, 'Northwest D6', ink jet print, 2001 |
| Physical description | Enlarged colour photograph of a Tokyo street scene creating vivid patterns and colour effects. Currently in aluminium frame. |
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| Gallery label | This print was created from a small detail in a photograph taken in Tokyo, showing a street scene at night. The detail was repeated in positive and negative, enlarged, and layered to produce this final image. This process of manipulation distorts the original to the point that it becomes hard to read, but it effectively recreates the sensation of sensory overload in a hectic neon-lit city.
(11/09/2017) |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund |
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| Summary | This print by Catherine Yass is a digital ink-jet print, focusing on a small detail in a photograph taken in Tokyo, and showing a street scene at night. The artist has enlarged a small detail of that photograph and repeated it in both positive and negative. The print is a dialogue between photography and printmaking. The technique of enlarging and layering a small detail produces a colourful abstract pattern, which communicates the sensory overload experienced in a neon-lit, hectic city. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1100-2002 |
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| Record created | June 9, 2003 |
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