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A work made of nine gelatin silver prints, with chalk.

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  • A work made of nine gelatin silver prints, with chalk.

Date:

1970/87

Artist:

Vito Acconci
American, 1940-2017

About this artwork

Transitioning from his work as a poet to visual art, from 1969 to 1970, Vito Acconci created a series of over 20 works combining photography and text that would, in his own words, “get myself off the page and into real space. These photographic pieces were ways to, literally, throw myself into my environment.” In both urban and natural landscapes, Acconci used a set of self-imposed instructions that described how to perform and document specific kinds of activities. In Estimations, his instructions and the results are listed along with the photographs. Here the artist explored the deceptive differences between reality, appearance, and representation. Acconci assembled this work in its present format 17 years after he captured the images.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Contemporary Art

Artist

Vito Acconci

Title

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Place

United States (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1970–1987

Medium

Nine gelatin silver prints, with chalk

Dimensions

114.3 × 266.7 cm (45 × 105 in.)

Credit Line

Contemporary Art Discretionary Fund; gift of the Foundation, To-Life, Inc.

Reference Number

2009.57.1-9

Extended information about this artwork

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