Brian Finke
Untitled (Cheerleading #95)

Untitled (Cheerleading #95)

© Brian Finke

Untitled (Cheerleading #95)
Untitled (Cheerleading #95)
ArtistAmerican, born 1976
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Untitled (Cheerleading #95)
Date2001
PlaceRamsey, New Jersey, United States
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 30 × 30 in. (76.2 × 76.2 cm)
Sheet: 40 × 30 in. (101.6 × 76.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Edward Osowski
Object number2003.729
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


In his series “2, 4, 6, 8,” Brian Finke utilizes a boldly stylized documentary approach to depict quintessentially American archetypes— cheerleaders and football players. Sympathetic to his subjects, but unafraid to confront the more uncomfortable aspects of American culture, Finke juxtaposes the uncertainty of adolescence against the steadfastness of roles defined by their commitment to uniformity and cleanly bifurcated notions of gender. Neither completely celebrating nor criticizing his subjects, Finke’s series captures the unsettling exuberance of both participant and spectator in perpetuating sporting traditions fixated on colliding youthful, heterosexual bodies against one another.



Provenance[ClampArt, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2003.
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Recent Acquisitions," the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 12/22/03-2/29/04
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Numbered in ink verso lower center: "1/4"
Signed and dated in ink verso lower center: "Brian Finke 2001"

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