It Shall Be Written
2008
A six-part work composed of hand-dyed gelatin silver prints in artist's metal frames from 2008. The work's spiritual title suggests an interest in destiny, faith, and written language as subjects of artistic investigation.
- Medium
- hand dyed gelatin silver prints, in artist’s metal frames, in 6 parts
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale
June 30, 2017
Estimate: $50,000 to $70,000
Sold: $60,000
Collectors of Gilbert & George
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Andres Serrano
American · b. 1950
Serrano similarly works with large scale photography exploring spiritual and religious themes with bold visual intensity and deliberate material manipulation including dyes and chemical processes that alter the photographic surface.
Douglas Gordon
Scottish · b. 1966
Gordon creates multi part photographic and text based installations that interrogate faith, destiny, and language as visual subjects, sharing Gilbert and George's interest in written word as sacred or loaded imagery within a contemporary British artistic context.
Wolfgang Tillmans
German · b. 1968
Tillmans experiments extensively with the gelatin silver print process and darkroom chemical manipulation, presenting photography in multi part arrangements within carefully considered framings that carry spiritual and social weight similar to this work.
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