The Advantage of Photography Over Reality

Photography and Media

1990

Jay Boersma
American, born 1947

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Photography and Media

Artist: Jay Boersma
Title: The Advantage of Photography Over Reality
Place: United States (Artist's nationality:)
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.: 1990
Medium: Mixed media (Gelatin silver print with pushpins)
Dimensions: Image: 22 × 17.7 cm (8 11/16 × 7 in.); frame: 51 × 40.8 cm (20 1/8 × 16 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Jay Boersma
Reference Number: 1991.75

Art Institute of Chicago, “Optical Delusions: Jokes, Puns and Sleights of Hand in Photography,” June 17–October 15, 2000. (Colin Westerbeck)
Art Institute of Chicago, “A Mind at Play,” June 14–September 7, 2008. (David Travis)

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