Marco Breuer
Spin (C-897)

Spin (C-897)

© Marco Breuer

Spin (C-897)
Spin (C-897)
ArtistGerman, born 1966
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Spin (C-897)
Date2009
MediumChromogenic print with embossing/scratching
DimensionsImage: 13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (35.2 × 27.3 cm)
Sheet: 13 7/8 × 10 3/4 in. (35.2 × 27.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by The Francis L Lederer Foundation, courtesy of Sharon Lederer
Object number2013.253
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
DescriptionMarco Breuer creates abstract, process-driven images without using a camera, lens, film, or enlarger. Breuer’s primary medium is photographic paper itself, which he subjects to a variety of unconventional treatments like scratching, gouging, burning, and abrasion. To make Spin (C-897), he placed a sheet of exposed color-photographic paper on a modified phonograph and scratched through the emulsion with a stylus while spinning the turntable. Unconcerned with how photography captures a subject, Breuer’s work draws our attention to the physicality of the photographic surface while exploring the limits of the representation space of a photograph.
ProvenanceMarco Breuer, Hudson, NY, 2009; Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY, 2009; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, 2013.
Exhibition History“The Will to Architecture,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April 1–July 6, 2014.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso of sheet, center: Spin (C-897) / [signature] 2009
signed in pencil, verso of sheet, center

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