Sanctuary
Print
2001 (made)
2001 (made)
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| 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’.
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
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sanctuary (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. |
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| Style | |
| Production type | Limited edition |
| Copy number | 32 of an edition of 50 |
| Gallery label |
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| 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 created | January 7, 2004 |
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