Artist
Anderson & Low(British, active since 1990)British, active since 1990
Artist
Jonathan Anderson(British, born 1961)British, born 1961
Artist
Edwin Hock Low(British, born 1957)British, born 1957
CultureBritish
Titles
- Untitled (Ming With Sword)
- from the series Manga Dreams
Date2009-2010, printed 2012
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 20 × 26 5/8 in. (50.8 × 67.6 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 33 1/8 in. (61 × 84.1 cm)
Sheet: 24 × 33 1/8 in. (61 × 84.1 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern
Object number2013.176
Not on view
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Department
PhotographySpecial Collections
Object Type
A hybrid of photography, digital manipulation, and graphics,
Anderson & Low’s series Manga Dreams
takes its cue from a strain of contemporary youth culture’s costume,
hairstyle, and attitude inspired by Japanese comics and animation. Working
collaboratively with their subjects to re-create the archetypal characters found
in manga and anime, Anderson & Low were left asking themselves if the
phenomenon they witnessed on the streets of East Asia and harnessed
in their studio was art imitating life or life imitating art.
ProvenanceArtists, London, England, 2009-10; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, 2013
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: Untitled / (Ming with sword)
Signed in pencil, verso of sheet, lower left: JR [overlapping] Anderson & E..(?) Low
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