William Camargo
As Far As I Can Get Closer to the Border in 10 Seconds After Divola

As Far As I Can Get Closer to the Border in 10 Seconds After Divola

© 2021 William Camargo

As Far As I Can Get Closer to the Border in 10 Seconds After Divola
As Far As I Can Get Closer to the Border in 10 Seconds After Divola
ArtistAmerican, born 1989
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • As Far As I Can Get Closer to the Border in 10 Seconds After Divola
  • from the series As Far As I Could Get In 10 Seconds After Divola
Date2021, printed 2023
MediumInkjet print
DimensionsImage: 24 1/16 × 30 1/16 in. (61.1 × 76.3 cm)
Sheet: 25 7/16 × 31 7/16 in. (64.6 × 79.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Lisa Volpe
Object number2023.289
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

As the title suggests, this work by William Camargo was made in response to the work of the conceptual artist John Divola. In Divola’s original work, As Far As I Can Get, he set his camera on a timer and ran away for 10 seconds before the shutter fired. Following the death of Ahmaud Arbery­­—who was murdered in a racially motivated hate crime while jogging near his Georgia home in 2020—Camargo began to view Divola’s work differently, noting, “[As a white man, Divola] is not afraid of anything happening to him as he runs carelessly to create that work.”


ProvenanceThe artist, Anaheim, California; purchased by MFAH, 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: “As Far As I Can Get Closer to the Border in // 10 Seconds After Divola”
Signed in pencil, verso: William Camargo
Inscribed in pencil, verso: 115
Signed in pencil, verso: William Camargo

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