
1999-00/2002
A large-format color transparency mounted in an illuminated aluminum frame, this work exemplifies Eggleston's mastery of transforming mundane, everyday subjects into luminous, richly saturated images. The backlit transparency heightens the vivid color palette for which Eggleston is celebrated, lending the image an almost cinematic glow. The use of light as both medium and subject reflects the artist's ongoing investigation into the democratic beauty found in ordinary American life.
- Medium
- Transparency, in aluminum light frame with electrical fittings,
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April 28, 2014
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