Relax (Grey)
2004
Relax (Grey)
2004
This photograph by Josephine Pryde juxtaposes different types of image and with them contradictory artistic movements: the commercial photography exploited by Pop Art, the dripped paint evocative of Abstract Expressionism, and Surrealist collage. The work vacillates between photography and painting, desacralisation and the forceful establishment of a new regime of representation. The work’s status remains as ambiguous as its title, reminiscent of both advertising and Minimalism, a critical reworking of Jasper Johns’ grey paintings, themselves as conceptual as they were Pop.
| Domain | Photo |
|---|---|
| Techniques | Epreuves chromogènes |
| Dimensions | 130 x 234 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de American Friends of the Centre Pompidou, 2024 |
| Inventory no. | AM 2024-231 |
Detailed description
| Artist |
Josephine Pryde
(1967, Royaume-uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du nord) |
|---|---|
| Main title | Relax (Grey) |
| Creation date | 2004 |
| Domain | Photo |
| Description | Diptyque |
| Techniques | Epreuves chromogènes |
| Dimensions | 130 x 234 cm |
| Acquisition | Don de American Friends of the Centre Pompidou, 2024 |
| Collection area | Cabinet de la photographie |
| Inventory no. | AM 2024-231 |