Untitled 16
Photograph
late 1990s to early 2000s (photographed)
late 1990s to early 2000s (photographed)
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Since the late 1990s Paul Cunningham has explored the peripheries of unspecified and unexceptional English landscapes, focusing on ‘non-subjects’ that are typically overlooked. By depicting these marginal sites with an understated yet precise tone, he offers them up as ‘psychogeographies’ to be explored by the viewer. The significance of the locations lies as much in emotional responses and memories as in the look of the place or anything noteworthy about its geography.
Object details
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Title | Untitled 16 (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | C-type print |
Brief description | Photograph by Paul Cunningham, England, late 1990s-early 2000s. |
Physical description | Colour photograph of two wooden barns/sheds amidst long yellow and green grass high on a cliff edge. There is a small strip of sea and a huge expanse of grey/blue sky. |
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Copy number | Artist's proof 1 of 2 |
Marks and inscriptions | 'Untitled 16 / Artist's proof 1 of 2 / Paul Cunningham' (Handwritten in black ink by photographer on verso of print.) |
Credit line | Purchased through the Cecil Beaton Royalties Fund |
Summary | Since the late 1990s Paul Cunningham has explored the peripheries of unspecified and unexceptional English landscapes, focusing on ‘non-subjects’ that are typically overlooked. By depicting these marginal sites with an understated yet precise tone, he offers them up as ‘psychogeographies’ to be explored by the viewer. The significance of the locations lies as much in emotional responses and memories as in the look of the place or anything noteworthy about its geography. |
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Accession number | E.3568-2004 |
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Record created | July 28, 2004 |
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