Vertical Motion Down, Medium
Blythe Bohnen
American, born 1940

Details
Title
Vertical Motion Down, Medium
Artist/Maker
Blythe Bohnen (American, born 1940)
Date
1974
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
14 13/16 x 18 7/8 inches 37.6 x 47.9 cm.
Credit
Gift of Herbert and Walter Molner
Accession #
1991.315
On View
Currently not on view
Across drawing, painting, and photography, conceptual artist Blythe Bohnen explores the relationship between gesture, bodily movement, and mark making. In this series of self-portraits, Bohnen performed small head movements in front of the camera and used an extended exposure time to create blurred, overlapping images that transform her face into haunting, evanescent layers. In the process, she destabilizes the conventional relationship between portraiture, photography, and identity.
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