- Gulu Real Art Studio XI
Sheet (each .A-.E): 6 × 3 15/16 in. (15.2 × 10 cm)
Image (.F): 5 3/8 × 3 15/16 in. (13.7 × 10 cm)
Sheet (.F): 5 3/8 × 3 15/16 in. (13.7 × 10 cm)
Frame: 18 3/16 × 19 × 1 7/16 in. (46.2 × 48.3 × 3.6 cm)
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Martina Bacigalupo entered the Gulu Real Art Studio in Northern Uganda looking to have film developed, but left with a different project in mind. The studio’s owner, Obal Denis, explained that the cut-out portraits scattered about the studio had been taken to create identification cards. With the permission of Denis, Bacigalupo took dozens of these photographs and arranged them in groups. Though they lack faces, each picture conveys the individuality of its subject. Yet the dramatic cutting of the portraits also suggests the region’s troubled identity and long history of conflict. The project presents these found photographs as cultural objects with multiple stories to tell.
Provenance[Yossi Milo Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed in black on applied label, verso of frame backing, lower left: Fine Frames // Minagawa Art Lines // 210 Eleventh Avenue // New York, NY 10001
Printed in black on applied label, verso of frame backing, lower center: Martina Bacigalupo // (Italian, b. 1978) // Gulu Real Art Studio #11, 2013 // [color reproduction of image] // Six Found Color Prints // Approximately 6” x 4”(15 x 10 cm) each element // Signed, Titled and Dated Verso on Label // Unique // REPRESENTED BY // YOSSI MILO GALLERY, INC. // 245 TENTH AVENUE, NY, NY 10001 // TEL: 212.414.0370 FAX. 212.414.0371 // www.YossiMilo.com
Inscribed and signed in black ink on applied label, verso of frame backing, lower right: Martina Bacigalupo // from the “GULU REAL ART STUDIO” project // Gulu Real Art Studio #11, 2013 // Martina Bacigalupo [signed]
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