
Christian Boltanski
This mixed media installation by Christian Boltanski combines four gelatin silver prints with eighteen electric lights and a biscuit tin containing an enclosed handkerchief to create an intimate yet haunting memorial-like environment. The work is characteristic of Boltanski's broader practice, in which everyday objects and photographic fragments serve as relics of memory, loss, and human presence. The glowing bulbs cast an almost devotional light over the assembled elements, evoking the atmosphere of a shrine and prompting reflection on mortality and the ephemeral nature of personal history.
- Medium
- Mixed media installation comprised of 4 gelatin silver prints, 18 electric lights and biscuit tin with enclosed handkerchief.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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Photographs
April 1, 2014
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