Caleb Churchill
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Artist Caleb ChurchillAmerican, born 1980

CultureAmerican

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Untitled
from the series Geography Lessons, Mostly Tragic

Date2014

MediumInkjet print

DimensionsImage: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker

Object number2014.661

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Department

Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionPhotography
is utilized to commemorate important events, illustrate significant stories,
and make bold social statements. Consequently, because this arrangement of
glittering plastic fruit is the subject of a photograph, there is an impulse to
assign it greater meaning. Caleb Churchill’s artificial still life pokes fun at
the perceived importance of images. Sometimes a display of kitschy plastic
fruit is nothing more than that. Yet, even without undue importance, it is
still a delightful subject for a photograph.
ProvenanceAnne Wilkes Tucker, Houston; given to MFAH, 2014.
Exhibition HistoryMarch–April 2014, Terra Incognita, [an excerpt from Geography Lessons, Mostly Tragic], Settlement Goods & Design, Houston, TX, USA
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