Winter (mother on bed with blood)
A cinematic and unsettling domestic scene bathed in cool, artificial light captures a woman lying motionless on a bed, the presence of blood heightening the atmosphere of dread and ambiguity. Crewdson's signature large-scale, meticulously staged photography transforms an ordinary suburban interior into a psychologically charged tableau, blurring the boundaries between reality and nightmare. The work exemplifies his ongoing exploration of isolation, trauma, and the hidden darkness lurking beneath the surface of everyday American life.
- Medium
- digital chromogenic print, face-mounted to Perspex and flush-mounted to Dibond, in artist's frame
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
February 13, 2015
Artists in conversation
Cindy Sherman
American · b. 1954
Sherman's large scale staged photography similarly constructs psychologically loaded domestic and interior scenes using artificial lighting and theatrical composition to evoke unease, vulnerability, and ambiguous narrative tension around the female figure.
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
American · b. 1951
diCorcia's cinematic color photography employs meticulously controlled artificial lighting within mundane suburban and domestic settings to create scenes charged with psychological isolation and a sense of lurking darkness beneath ordinary life.
Jeff Wall
Canadian · b. 1946
Wall's large format staged tableaux presented as chromogenic prints share Crewdson's deliberate cinematic construction, muted palette, and tendency to embed psychological unease and hidden trauma within carefully composed everyday interior environments.
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