Hana Jakrlová
Untitled

ArtistCzech, born 1969
CultureCzech
Titles
  • Untitled
  • from the series Big Sister
Date2009
PlacePrague, Czech Republic
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 15 5/16 × 10 1/4 in. (38.9 × 26 cm)
Sheet: 17 3/4 × 12 in. (45.1 × 30.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morganstern, James Edward Maloney, and Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2010.234.6
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

“Big Sister is an internet sex club,” writes Hana Jakrolvá in her introduction to her series. “All the rooms in the Big Sister house, located in the center of Prague, are equipped with web cams and the ‘action’ streams live to the internet.” Jakrolvá’s photographs capture these cameras installed in various rooms. Poised in corners and near ceilings and surrounded by fake florals and bright colors, the cameras seem both menacing and matter-of-fact. What other privacies are laid bare by the lens of the camera?


Provenance[Eric Franck Fine Art, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked in ink on verso lower left: "BIG SISTER / 2009"
Signed in ink on verso lower right: "Hana Jakrlova / 1/12"

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