Santa Maria della Salute

David Claerbout (in 2000)

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This photograph by David Claerbout is part of the 'Venice Lightboxes' series, which is made up of four photos. These almost black photos are shown on light-boxes in a completely darkened room. The eyes of the spectator must first grow accustomed to the sparse light before the all too familiar tourist images are revealed. Claerbout concentrates on the moment at which something becomes an image; he makes the viewer aware of the 'act' of seeing. The photographs were made using a special camera for architecture and were shot at dawn or dusk.

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Title	Santa Maria della Salute
Material and technique	Translucent C-print in lightbox
Object type	Photograph > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Depth 22 cm Width 151,4 cm Height 111,3 cm
Artists	Artist: David Claerbout
Accession number	3558 (MK)
Credits	Purchased with the support of Mondriaan Fund, 2003
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	2005
Creation date	in 2000
External exhibitions	Die Erschütterung der Sinne (2013)
Object	Photograph > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Cibachrome paper > Photographic paper > Paper > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique

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David Claerbout

Kortrijk 1969

David Claerbout's work is often on the cusp of photography and film. In 2003, Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum held a small exhibition of Claerbout's work and in...

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