'Ars Longa, Vita Brevis" (Skillfulness Takes Time, Life Is Short)'
Item/Booth # 260
20" x 26.25" x 2"
Value: $895 - $1120
Bid Increment: $25
Exposure Time: 20 seconds
Photographed in the Artist's Studio
Model: Artist Paige Whitcomb
Location: Springfield, Missouri
This piece was inspired by the historic genre of 17th century Dutch still-life paintings also called Vanitas. These images seek to exhibit the ephemerality of life, while also featuring the contradictory symbols of pleasure, wealth and religion. This image is representative of a memory of a Dutch painter staging their still life.
This series showcases how objects and places remain constant throughout time, while the people that use them come and go like memories. A double exposure technique is used to create the ethereal images in the Memories series.
The enlargement is made from an 8" x 10" plate.
An archival film scan of the in-camera plate is created, which allows for the possibility of an enlargement. Enlargements are the combination of historic methods of photography intertwined with 21st century photographic methods. To keep all of Paige's photographs true to the historic process, all images are singular editions with no copies available. Each enlargement comes with the 8" x 10" tintype that the image was enlarged from.
The 20" x 26.25" tintype comes with the original 8" x 10" plate.
The artwork is back mounted and ready to hang. It also comes with a French cleat for quick and easy hanging.
This piece weighs approximately 10 pounds.
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Bidding for this item closes at 8:30:00 PM MST Sunday, July 5th.