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Sanctuary

Print
2001 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lentography is a process that can be used to create three-dimensional effects or to suggest movement in images. Two or more images are offset against each other and the whole is overlaid with a lenticular screen – a plastic sheet of tiny lenses or prisms. As the viewer moves, the object appears to change dimensions.

Dan Hays relates this ambiguity of physical presence to his concept of the cage, which he sees as both protecting and imprisoning. He describes cages as ‘a simple metaphor for the human condition or the creative process’.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSanctuary (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Lenticular plastic, lentography, digital cibachrome print
Brief description
'Sanctuary', digital cibachrome print, 32 of an edition of 50, perspex lenticular, by Dan Hays, England, 2001
Physical description
Image of a cage, the kind used to house small pets. colour predominantly blue and green. The image is made on lenticular plastic so gives the illusion of shifting and changing shape as the viewer moves in front of it.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50cm
  • Width: 74cm
the work is now framed and sight size of image is 46.8 x 68.2cm
Style
Production typeLimited edition
Copy number
32 of an edition of 50
Gallery label
This print explores colour relationships and spatial sensations. The visual effects were achieved by splicing together different views of the subject and adding a plastic screen made of many separate lenses. This creates the illusion of three dimensions, and the viewer gets a different perspective on the image from different angles. The title ‘Sanctuary’, applied to a cage, is ironic and has political connotations. (11/09/2017)
Credit line
Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Subject depicted
Summary
Lentography is a process that can be used to create three-dimensional effects or to suggest movement in images. Two or more images are offset against each other and the whole is overlaid with a lenticular screen – a plastic sheet of tiny lenses or prisms. As the viewer moves, the object appears to change dimensions.

Dan Hays relates this ambiguity of physical presence to his concept of the cage, which he sees as both protecting and imprisoning. He describes cages as ‘a simple metaphor for the human condition or the creative process’.
Collection
Accession number
E.334-2003

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Record createdJanuary 7, 2004
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