Artist
Caleb ChurchillAmerican, born 1980
CultureAmerican
Titles
- 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)
Sheet: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne Wilkes Tucker
Object number2014.661
Not on view
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Department
PhotographyObject Type
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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Gelatin silver print
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