Sentences with phrase «glass daguerreotype»
Utilizing the modern computer - aided methods of tapestry, Close is now able to approximate, in woven images, the mirror - like illusionism characteristic of the 19th Century photographic glass daguerreotype.
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In his recent work, Close has managed to reinvent a pictorial language famously based on photography by breaking down the narrowness of photographic restrictions (this is most evident in his tapestries — two self - portraits and seven of friends, including Ellen Gallagher, Philip Glass, Lyle Ashton Harris, Brad Pitt, Andres Serrano, Cindy Sherman, and Lorna Simpson — that are based on daguerreotypes or Polaroids and woven by the legendary Jacquard loom in Belgium.)
Mat COLLISHAW Deliverance 47 2008 daguerreotype with silver - plated copper, glass, birch wood, black lambskin leather, brass, and velvet case inside acrylic box 15 x 22 inches; 38 x 56 cm (exterior box) 10 1/2 x 16 1/4 inches; 26.7 x 41.3 cm (case size) 10 x 8 inches; 25.4 x 20.3 cm (image) Edition of 10
The exhibition will feature fifteen of Close's daguerreotypes alongside enlarged portraits of 20 leading contemporary artists such as Philip Glass and Cindy Sherman.