Nostalgia for the future
Photograph
1988 (photographed)
1988 (photographed)
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This photograph addresses the impact of industrial decline on the British landscape. Nostalgia is a yearning for an idealised past, but here we are invited to contemplate the decay of the present and its consequences for the future. The integration of text into the image is reminiscent of a postcard but the picturesque scenery is disrupted by the caravan and rusting ship.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Nostalgia for the future (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | C-type colour print, Fujicolour paper |
| Brief description | Photograph by John Kippin, 'Nostalgia for the future', C-type colour print, Great Britain, 1988 |
| Physical description | A colour photograph depicting a derelict ship washed onto a beach. A group of adults and children are standing to the right of the ship; some of them gaze towards it. In the foreground there is a caravan, with orange curtains, parked beside some sand dunes. The words 'NOSTALGIA FOR THE FUTURE' are emblazoned along the bottom of the photograph. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | signed in ink 'John Kippin' numbered in ink '21/30' |
| Gallery label | This photograph addresses the impact of industrial decline on the British landscape. Nostalgia is a yearning for an idealised past, but here we are invited to contemplate the decay of the present and its consequences for the future. The integration of text into the image is reminiscent of a postcard but the picturesque scenery is disrupted by the caravan and rusting ship.(11/08/2011-27/11/2011) |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | This photograph addresses the impact of industrial decline on the British landscape. Nostalgia is a yearning for an idealised past, but here we are invited to contemplate the decay of the present and its consequences for the future. The integration of text into the image is reminiscent of a postcard but the picturesque scenery is disrupted by the caravan and rusting ship. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1996 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1055-1996 |
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| Record created | March 20, 2008 |
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