Aracne
Artist:
Cecilia Paredes
(Peruvian, born 1950)
Date: 2006
Dimensions:
46 x 48 in. (116.8 x 121.9 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, Purchased with the Mary Kathryn Lynch Kurtz Fund for the acquisition of Modern Latin American Art
Object number: 2008.2.1
Copyright: © Cecilia Paredes
Label Text
This piece was created by the artist who staged herself in the photograph. The effect is achieved through body paint and makeup on the artist, with no digital alterations. The photograph was taken with traditional film, using a Hasselblad camera. The photograph was printed on Cibachrome photographic paper, a luminous paper that transmits a "glow" to the prints, which gives more definition to the white tones. The photograph was printed in Madrid, using the highest quality traditional laboratory process. The print was then mounted on aluminum backing, using a heat process and are not treated with any kind of surface coating.
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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This resource has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.
