Wherever I go, I look for evidence of how the historical art I study impacts visual culture today. In 鈥淎fter Vermeer 2,鈥� an installation from 2006 by New York artist Devorah Sperber, 5024 spools of thread strung on steel chains recreate, upside down, the famous 鈥淕irl with a Pearl Earring鈥� painted by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer around 1665. My photo captures the viewer鈥檚 experience of looking through a glass sphere in which the image rights itself. Vermeer, whose paintings explored both optics and female experience, would surely have appreciated this perceptive transformation of his art.
Submission Year:
2017-18
Photographer's affiliation:
Faculty
Academic areas:
Arts and Science
Art of Research categories:
Art in action
Photo:
Categories:
Faculty / Researcher
Department of Art History and Art Conservation
Mobilizing Creativity and Enabling Cultures
Creative Production and Expression
Location of photograph:
Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA
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Photographer's name:
Stephanie Dickey
Display Photographers Affiltion + Faculty or Department:
Faculty, Art History and Art Conservation