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Bill Jacobson — Interim Portrait #388; and Interim Portrait #522
Bill Jacobson

Interim Portrait #388; and Interim Portrait #522

Two chromogenic prints by Bill Jacobson from his celebrated *Interim Portraits* series capture the human figure in a state of ethereal dissolution, with softly blurred and hazy forms emerging from and receding into an enveloping darkness. The out-of-focus imagery evokes themes of impermanence, memory, and vulnerability, reflecting the emotional climate of the AIDS crisis during which the series was created in the early 1990s. Together, the paired photographs create a quiet yet poignant meditation on presence and loss, identity and fragility.

Medium
Two chromogenic prints, mounted (as issued).

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Evening & Day Editions

October 17, 2018

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Bill Jacobson, Interim Portrait #388; and Interim Portrait #522

Two chromogenic prints by Bill Jacobson from his celebrated *Interim Portraits* series capture the human figure in a state of ethereal dissolution, with softly blurred and hazy forms emerging from and receding into an enveloping darkness. The out-of-focus imagery evokes themes of impermanence, memory, and vulnerability, reflecting the emotional climate of the AIDS crisis during which the series was created in the early 1990s. Together, the paired photographs create a quiet yet poignant meditation on presence and loss, identity and fragility.

Medium
Two chromogenic prints, mounted (as issued).
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postmodern Art, Muted Color Palette, Melancholic Mood, Figurative Photography, Male Artist, Blurred Portraiture, Contemporary Photography, American Artist, Chromogenic Print, Late 20th Century, Diptych Format

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