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As If
200221st century
11 1/2 in. x 9 in. (29.21 cm x 22.86 cm)
,
Buzz Spector, American, b. 1948
Anne Q. McKeown, American
Object Type:
Prints
Creation Place:
North America, United States
Medium and Support:
paper, fabric and thread
Credit Line:
Carleton College Art Collection, gift of Marilyn Stokstad, class of 1955
Accession Number:
2003.007
"As if echoes the shape and size of a book, one of Buzz Spector’s obsessions and persistent themes. The work is composed of three chine collé layers of handmade cotton and hemp paper with an embedded red string. Another piece of string, initially planted in the work, has subsequently been torn away by the artist. Its absence from the sheet is clearly delineated by the scar left behind, spelling the word “as” in cursive letters. Beneath it, the red string spells “if,” and the length of string continues to the right, its end dangling alongside the sheet. The work’s philosophical point is to consider the gesture of tearing the first string as perhaps an invitation to complete the work by tearing away the remaining one. But what happens if you do?" -- from the CAA website.
Published by College Art Association, to benefit Professional Development Fellowships. Spector produced As If at the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (renamed the Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions in 2006), collaborating with the master papermaker, Anne Q. McKeown.
Published by College Art Association, to benefit Professional Development Fellowships. Spector produced As If at the Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper (renamed the Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions in 2006), collaborating with the master papermaker, Anne Q. McKeown.
Keywords
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This object has the following keywords:
21st Century,
American*,
Contemporary*,
laminate*,
laminating*,
paper (fiber product)*,
prints (visual works)*,
string (fiber product)*
- 21st Century
- American - Refers to the context of or associated specifically with the modern political entity of the United States of America.
- Contemporary - Refers to painting, sculpture, graphic arts, and architecture dating from the recent past and present. It differs from modern art in that the term 'contemporary art' does not carry the implication of a non-traditional style, but instead refers only to the time period in which the work was created. 'Modern' and 'contemporary' are inherently fluid terms. The term 'contemporary' is sometimes more narrowly used to refer to art from ca. 1960 or 1970 up to the present.
- laminate - Flexible material made by bonding together two or more layers of materials with adhesive. For resin-impregnated laminate, such as paper or fabric, use "plastic laminate." For thin sheets of layered plastic, use "laminated plastic."
- laminating - Forming by uniting superposed layers of one or more materials.
- paper (fiber product) - Refers generally to all types of matted or felted sheets or webs of fiber formed and dried on a fine screen from a pulpy water suspension. The fibers may be animal, such as hair, silk or wool, or mineral, such as asbestos, or synthetic. However most paper is made from cellulosic plant fiber, such as from wood pulp, grass, cotton, linen, and straw.
- prints (visual works) - Pictorial works produced by transferring images by means of a matrix such as a plate, block, or screen, using any of various printing processes. When emphasizing the individual printed image, use "impressions." Avoid the controversial expression "original prints," except in reference to discussions of the expression's use. If prints are neither "reproductive prints" nor "popular prints," use just "prints." With regard to photographs, see "photographic prints"; for types of reproductions of technical drawings and documents, see terms found under "reprographic copies."
- string (fiber product) - Cord thicker than thread and thinner than rope.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Art of Language: The Synergy of Text and Image , 4/12/2019 - 6/14/2019
Dimensions
- overall Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 9 in. (292 x 229 mm)
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