Architectural Site 17
Barbara Kasten
American, born 1936

Details
Title
Architectural Site 17
Artist/Maker
Barbara Kasten (American, born 1936)
Date
1988
Medium
Dye destruction print
Dimensions
Support/Overall: 50 x 60 inches
Credit
Purchase
Accession #
1988.211
On View
Currently not on view
Barbara Kasten is best known for constructing and photographing complex assemblages from a wide variety of materials, including painted wood, plaster, mirrors, screens, and fibers. In 1986, she began photographing postmodern architecture, including the High’s Richard Meier–designed building, pictured here. Using a large-format camera and working with a professional movie lighting crew, Kasten created an elaborate setup of colored lights and mirrors that transformed the building’s gleaming white, cool industrial forms into a vibrant, dynamic, and dizzying intersection of forms and space.
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