Artist
Barbara Probst(German, born 1964)German, born 1964
CultureGerman
Titles
- Exposure #69, NYC, 555 8th Avenue, 02.24.09, 6:16 p.m.
Date2009
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumInkjet print, triptych
DimensionsSheet (each): 66 × 44 in. (167.6 × 111.8 cm)
Overall (framed): 67 × 143 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (170.2 × 364.5 × 6.4 cm)
Overall (framed): 67 × 143 1/2 × 2 1/2 in. (170.2 × 364.5 × 6.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Stanford and Joan Alexander Foundation, courtesy of Joan and Stanford Alexander in memory of Joan Lacy
Object number2010.238.A-.C
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
Perhaps
Barbara Probst’s early career as a sculptor is what prompted her to conceive of
photography in an unusually spatial way, rather than as a single perspective
rendered in two dimensions. In her Exposure
series, a single instant is captured simultaneously by several cameras.
“Each image tells the same story in a different way,” she remarked, noting that
none is more truthful than the others. Challenging photography’s reputation for
veracity, Probst said, “A photograph is always derived from a point of view,
and a point of view is by nature subjective. There is no objective point of view.”
Provenance[Murray Guy Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Exhibition History"Persona: A Body in Parts," Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina, September 17–December 11, 2011.
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