
"Because they tried to bore holes in my greatest and most beautiful work” (Relief of Hardship and Troubles)
A photographic print depicting skin-like tones and organic textures is mounted beneath acrylic glass, its surface interrupted by trapped air bubbles that emerge as unintentional yet deliberate imperfections. Rosenkranz conflates the vulnerabilities of the human body with those of the artwork itself, treating damage and interference as integral to the work's meaning. The bubbles — failures of the adhesive process — become wounds or breath, suggesting that attempts to undermine the work have paradoxically animated it.
- Medium
- Adhesive mount, pigment inkjet print, photo paper, bubbles, acrylic glass
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
June 28, 2016
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