Under a Sky of Flawless Blue (Gide)
2015
274.0 x 183.0 cm
Working with a wide variety of media including photography, film, installation, and arrangements dealing with the economy of meaning and value in objects and images, Barbara Bloom examines the mechanisms of perception and investigates viewers’ experiences since the 1970s. Bloom’s focus on “framing” as a metaphor and her interest in the ephemeral quality of traces deal with memory and the experience of seeing in their relationship with materiality. In her works, she often deals with the concepts of fading out of existence, or the inability to experience existence by using text, linguistic expression, and books. In her series entitled
Barbara Bloom (1951 –)
Barbara Bloom (b. 1951) is a conceptual artist renowned for her multi-media installations exploring photography, memory, & the meaning of objects. A key figure in the Pictures Generation, exhibited at MoMA, Met & beyond.
About this artwork
- Title: Under a Sky of Flawless Blue (Gide)
- Artist: Barbara Bloom
- Year: 2015
- Original dimensions: 274.0 x 183.0 cm
- Format: Landscape
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Main color: Steel Blue
- Perceived brightness: brilliant