Untitled

Date

1975

Century

20th century

Medium & Support

Gelatin silver print on paper

Dimensions

Image: 13 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. , Support: 20 x 16 in.

Object Type

Photographs

Credit Line

Gift in memory of Lenny Bernstein

Accession Number

2017.25.16

Description

Jerry Uselmann, "Untitled (Cloud Room)". 1975. Gelatin silver print. Photo is the interior of a room containing pictures, a table, chair, and a Gone with the Wind lamp that is turned on. A figureless black dress is sitting in the chair next to the table in the center of the room. Above the room are clouds.

Label History

Using hand-rendered photomontage—a darkroom technique closely associated with Surrealism— to create dreamlike scenes, Uelsmann employs his trademark motif of clouds for the first time in this early work. The photographer stages a Victorian dress at a table set for one, the human figure absent despite the worldly possessions left behind. Artifacts of the past, such as a stereopticon, a Victorian parlor device that combines two images to create a three-dimensional effect, and other decorative details further complicate the open-ended narrative constructed by the artist. The limitless sky hovers above, adding an air of mystery to this liminal composition.

Exhibition Title: Asheville Art Museum: An Introduction to the Collection
Label Date: 2020
Type: Object Entry
Written by: Lola Clairmont and Hilary Schroeder

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