Ark
A luminous and ethereally charged work by Adam Fuss, *Ark* exemplifies the artist's mastery of photographic processes that blur the boundary between the scientific and the spiritual. Fuss transforms light and matter into haunting, otherworldly imagery that evokes themes of origins, transformation, and the metaphysical. The work is signed, dated, and annotated "AF YEI" in blue ink on the verso, affirming its authenticity and personal connection to the artist's hand.
- Medium
- Signed, dated and annotated 'AF YEI' in blue ink on the verso.
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
The Odyssey of Collecting: Photographs from Joy of Giving Something Foundation
October 3, 2017
Artists in conversation
Man Ray
American · b. 1890
Man Ray pioneered the Rayograph technique, a cameraless photogram process that transforms light and objects into mysterious, ethereal abstractions that share the same darkroom alchemy and mystical mood found in Fuss's Ark.
Floris Neusüss
German · b. 1937
Neusüss devoted his career to photograms of extraordinary scale and spiritual resonance, creating luminous cameraless images with dark tones and otherworldly atmosphere that closely mirror the experimental darkroom technique and metaphysical quality of this work.
Susan Derges
British · b. 1955
Derges creates large scale photograms by immersing photographic paper directly in natural water and light, producing ethereal and scientifically charged abstract imagery that evokes themes of origins and transformation in a manner deeply aligned with Fuss's Ark.
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