Stay Afloat, Use a Rubber
Photograph
1993 (made)
1993 (made)
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A cross colour photograph depicting two men, wearing swimsuits, sitting in rubber rings, floating in a pool.
Object details
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| Title | Stay Afloat, Use a Rubber (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | C-type colour print. Cross colour photography - this technique prints the image in a negative or reversed colour so, for example, blue is printed as red. |
| Brief description | Photograph by Lola Flash, 'Stay Afloat, Use a Rubber', C-type colour print, London, 1993 |
| Physical description | A cross colour photograph depicting two men, wearing swimsuits, sitting in rubber rings, floating in a pool. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed in silver marker 'Lola Flash'. |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | Flash’s work first came to prominence in the late 1980s as they documented the advocacy work of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, known as ACT UP. An active member, Flash captured demonstrations that took place in New York, Washington DC and London, and marched in solidarity alongside their peers. Flash developed her signature ‘cross-colour’ style during this time, a process which involves developing film in the ‘wrong’ solution. By adopting this abstracted, artistic approach, Flash is able to conceal the identities and genders of the sitters, using the ambiguous results of the colour inversion process to subvert perceptions of gender norms, race and representation. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1995 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.2940-1995 |
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| Record created | March 31, 2009 |
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