Anderson & Low
Untitled (The Sunset Duel)

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Untitled (The Sunset Duel)
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ArtistBritish, active since 1990
ArtistBritish, born 1961
ArtistBritish, born 1957
CultureBritish
Titles
  • Untitled (The Sunset Duel)
  • from the series Manga Dreams
Date2009-2010, printed 2012
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 38 1/2 in. (50.8 × 97.8 cm)
 Sheet: 24 × 44 in. (61 × 111.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2013.81
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
DescriptionAnderson & Low, a pair of artists who have collaborated for more than 20 years, sought young models in Asia whose personal styles—makeup, costume, and hairstyle—imitate the animated characters of manga and anime (Japanese comics and animation). For this photograph, they digitally imposed images of two men dressed as anime samurai onto a flat, illustrated color field background. Notice how they subtly enhanced the eyes and glossed the image, blurring the line between living subject and animated character. The resulting photograph evokes a tradition of Japanese samurai films while providing space for the subjects to further explore their self-defined manga identities.
ProvenanceArtists, London, England, 2009-2010; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2013
Exhibition History"After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 19 June - 8 September, 2013.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: Untitled (The Sunset Duel)
Signed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left

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