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Christian Boltanski — Reliquaire
Christian Boltanski

Reliquaire

A mixed media installation by Christian Boltanski combining gelatin silver prints, electric lamps, steel boxes with wire mesh, and tin boxes containing fabric. The work explores themes of memory, loss, and reliquaries through assemblage and found materials.

Medium
Mixed media installation comprised of two gelatin silver prints, two electric lamps and cables, two steel boxes with wire mesh and thirty-six tin boxes containing fabric.

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November 3, 2016

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Christian Boltanski, Reliquaire

A mixed media installation by Christian Boltanski combining gelatin silver prints, electric lamps, steel boxes with wire mesh, and tin boxes containing fabric. The work explores themes of memory, loss, and reliquaries through assemblage and found materials.

Medium
Mixed media installation comprised of two gelatin silver prints, two electric lamps and cables, two steel boxes with wire mesh and thirty-six tin boxes containing fabric.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Assemblage, Conceptual, Boltanski, Mixed Media, Gelatin Silver Print, Reliquary, Installation Art, Memory, Contemporary

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