CultureAmerican
Date2012
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 54 × 54 in. (137.2 × 137.2 cm)
Sheet: 54 × 54 in. (137.2 × 137.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Photo Forum 2018 and Joan Morgenstern
Object number2018.188
Not on view
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Description
Taking the form of ubiquitous color wheels used in arts education settings, Jason Salavon’s Wheel is made up not of various gradations of pure color but rather hundreds of images culled from the internet through the search engine Bing. Salavon tediously searched for individual hues before stitching together the images into a massive montage. The individual frames range from banal pictures of flowers to pop-culture imagery to racier images of pornography. The resulting “color wheel” not only serves as a means of visualizing data but also reveals the underlying complexity of associations between images and color in our digital age.
ProvenanceThe artist; [Inman Gallery, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2018.
Inscriptions, Signatures and MarksSigned in black marker, verso, top right of frame backing board: "
Wheel" // Jason Salavon 2012 // 4/7
Printed in black on applied label, verso, top right of frame backing board: INMAN GALLERY // // Jason Salavon // Wheel, 2012 // Edition 4 of 7 + 2 AP // digital c-print // 54 x 54 in (137.2 x 137.2 cm) // JaS 47 // 3901 MAIN STREET HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002 PHONE: 713.526.7800 FAX: 713.526.7803 [email protected] // WWW.INMANGALLERY.COM
Signed in black marker, verso, top right of frame backing board: " Wheel" // Jason Salavon 2012 // 4/7
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