Lori Nix
Paradise

ArtistAmerican, born 1969
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Paradise
Date2004
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 18 5/8 × 15 3/8 in. (47.2 × 39.1 cm)
Sheet: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern in honor of Debra and James Edward Maloney
Object number2005.135
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Special Collections
Object Type
Description


Lori Nix’s photographs depict carefully constructed models of landscapes and urban spaces—giving the artist full control of her subjects and the way in which they are photographed. Inspired by disaster cinema, Nix’s pictures are simultaneously scenic and unsettling. Devoid of people, the photographs evoke a post-apocalyptic future. Through the dark humor of her pictures, Nix has played out myriad potential ends to humanity.



Provenance[Houston Center for Photography, Houston]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in ink, recto, lower left below the image: 1/15
Inscribed in ink, recto, lower center below the image: PARADISE
Signed and dated in ink lower right below the image: Lori Nix 2004

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