In a series of collages on mirror discreetly referencing divinatory nkisi figures, which place viewers in front of their reflection, Sammy Baloji associates some of [Himmelhueber’s] photographs with images generated by X-Ray scanner of various objects and semi-precious stones from the ethnologist’s collection.
By replicating the use of a visual technology commonly employed by museums to visualize the material structure and hidden content of objects, the artist questions the knowledge gained through such medical imagery. (...)
(text: Lotte Arndt)
- Materials
- UV Print on mirror 4 mm, American case in polished brushed brass
- Size
- 20 1/5 × 20 1/5 × 1 1/5 in | 51.2 × 51.2 × 3 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Signature
- Not signed
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included
- Frame
- Included
- Series
- Kasala: The Slaughterhouse of Dreams or the First Human, Bende’s Error
Hans Himmelheber, Portrait of his shadow, DR Congo, Kingulu, June 18, 1938, scan of a Chalcopyrite from Kipushi mine, and your reflection in the mirror, 2020, 2020
In a series of collages on mirror discreetly referencing divinatory nkisi figures, which place viewers in front of their reflection, Sammy Baloji associates some of [Himmelhueber’s] photographs with images generated by X-Ray scanner of various objects and semi-precious stones from the ethnologist’s collection.
By replicating the use of a visual technology commonly employed by museums to visualize the material structure and hidden content of objects, the artist questions the knowledge gained through such medical imagery. (...)
(text: Lotte Arndt)
- Materials
- UV Print on mirror 4 mm, American case in polished brushed brass
- Size
- 20 1/5 × 20 1/5 × 1 1/5 in | 51.2 × 51.2 × 3 cm
- Rarity
- Medium
- Signature
- Not signed
- Certificate of authenticity
- Included
- Frame
- Included
- Series
- Kasala: The Slaughterhouse of Dreams or the First Human, Bende’s Error
