Doug Aitken
the handle comes up, the hammer comes down
2009
Doug Aitken's 2009 work challenges traditional photographic conventions by rejecting the static 'frozen moment' in favor of dynamic temporal representation. The artist's conceptual approach questions how photography captures and represents time.
- Medium
- “I have a restlessness with the way a photograph captures time. The static quality of the ‘frozen’ image or ‘decisive moment’ is not enough. I would like to smash a photograph, open it and see what’s inside.” – Doug Aitken
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- Auction House · Phillips
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February 27, 2019
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