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Arno Rafael Minkkinen

Waiting for the Snake, Jianfengling Nature Preserve, Hianan Island, China

Description

Maker

Arno Rafael Minkkinen (American, b. Finland, b. 1945), (RISD MFA 1974, Photography)

Title

Waiting for the Snake, Jianfengling Nature Preserve, Hianan Island, China
from the The PRC Portfolio

Year

2008

Medium

  • gelatin silver print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • gelatin silver print

Materials

gelatin silver print

Supports

  • paper

Dimensions

Image: 37.8 x 50.5 cm (14 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2009.47.12

Type

  • Photographs

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Presence Through Process
Jan 15, 2010 – Jun 20, 2010

Label copy

By inserting himself into the landscape, Arno Minkkinen contorts his body to obscure the divide between human and natural forms. His sensitivity to texture initially makes it easy to overlook his presence, but the unexpected revelation of his body, so carefully merged with its surroundings, implies bodily endurance and our primal relationship to the world.

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Arno Rafael Minkkinen (American, b. Finland, b. 1945)
Waiting for the Snake, Jianfengling Nature Preserve, Hianan Island, China; from the The PRC Portfolio, 2008
Gelatin silver print
Image: 37.8 x 50.5 cm (14 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches)
Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund 2009.47.12

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