Untitled, from the series Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness
- Title:
- Untitled, from the series Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness
- Collection:
- Introduction to Photography Collections at Cornell
- Set:
- Asian Studies
- Creator:
- Dinh Q. Lê
- Creation Date:
- 1998
- ID Number:
- 2014
- File Name:
- 2014.001.jpg
- Work Type:
- photograph
- Materials/Techniques:
- chromogenic color prints
weaving - Subject:
- Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Cambodia - Measurement:
- 160 x 111.8 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- A composite black-and-white image made by weaving together Strips of photographs. One of the two images is of two male figures in light shirts, standing side-by-side, full figure. The men are prisoners from the Khmer Rouge detention center known as S-21, now the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. The second image is of bas-reliefs of battle scenes from the 12th-century temple of Angkor Wat. The men are more visible in the top half of the image, while the battle scenes are more defined in the lower half.
A large mixed-media work of cut and woven chromogenic prints and linen tape. - Cite As:
- Dinh Q. Lê (Vietnamese, born 1968), Untitled, from the series Cambodia: Splendor and Darkness, 1998. Chromogenic prints and linen tape, cut and woven, overall: 160 x 111.8 cm. Acquired through the George and Mary Rockwell Fund, 2014.001.
- Repository:
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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