Frozen Sky (Night)
Print
1999 (made)
1999 (made)
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This is one of a pair of prints entitled Frozen Sky (Night) and Frozen Sky (Day) (museum number E.254-2000) that explore concepts of travel, communication, the passing of time and the sense of place. Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell (who work in partnership) have been using imagery derived from air route maps and destination codes since 1989. In the Frozen Sky prints, the three-letter airport abbreviations familiar to air travellers (LHR = London, Heathrow; JFK = John F. Kennedy, New York; CDG = Charles de Gaulle, Paris) are arranged in two radiating circles of white text on a black background for Night and black text on a white background for Day.
Object details
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| Title | Frozen Sky (Night) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Screenprint on 300 gsm Somerset Satin paper |
| Brief description | 'Frozen Sky (Night)' by Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell, 1999. Screenprint. |
| Physical description | White text (airport codes) arranged in a circle against black background |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 5/45 in an edition of 45 with 10 artist's proofs |
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| Credit line | Given by the artists |
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| Summary | This is one of a pair of prints entitled Frozen Sky (Night) and Frozen Sky (Day) (museum number E.254-2000) that explore concepts of travel, communication, the passing of time and the sense of place. Ben Langlands and Nikki Bell (who work in partnership) have been using imagery derived from air route maps and destination codes since 1989. In the Frozen Sky prints, the three-letter airport abbreviations familiar to air travellers (LHR = London, Heathrow; JFK = John F. Kennedy, New York; CDG = Charles de Gaulle, Paris) are arranged in two radiating circles of white text on a black background for Night and black text on a white background for Day. |
| Associated object | E.254-2000 (Part) |
| Bibliographic reference | Timmers, Margaret (Ed). Impressions of the Twentieth Century: Fine Art Prints from the V&A's Collection. London, V&A Publications, 2001. |
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| Accession number | E.255-2000 |
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| Record created | August 24, 2000 |
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