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Harry Gruyaert — #18 from Medias TV Shots
Harry Gruyaert

#18 from Medias TV Shots

A pioneering master of color photography, Harry Gruyaert captures a distorted television screen image that transforms the mundane act of watching media into a hypnotic, painterly abstraction. The vivid, saturated hues bleed and blur across the frame, reflecting Gruyaert's fascination with the flickering, ephemeral nature of broadcast imagery. Part of his celebrated *TV Shots* series, this work challenges the boundaries between photography, painting, and the ever-present influence of mass media on modern perception.

Medium
Archival pigment print, printed 2007.

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May 8, 2014

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Harry Gruyaert, #18 from Medias TV Shots

A pioneering master of color photography, Harry Gruyaert captures a distorted television screen image that transforms the mundane act of watching media into a hypnotic, painterly abstraction. The vivid, saturated hues bleed and blur across the frame, reflecting Gruyaert's fascination with the flickering, ephemeral nature of broadcast imagery. Part of his celebrated *TV Shots* series, this work challenges the boundaries between photography, painting, and the ever-present influence of mass media on modern perception.

Medium
Archival pigment print, printed 2007.
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Vibrant, Photograph, Media, Archival Pigment Print, Urban, Television, Belgian, Colorful, Pop Culture, Contemporary