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Artist:
Barbara Bosworth, born Cleveland, OH 1953  Search this
Medium:
chromogenic print
Dimensions:
18 1/4 x 23 1/4 in. (46.4 x 59.1 cm)
Type:
Photography-Photoprint
Date:
2003
Exhibition Label:
Barbara Bosworth’s photographs of bird banders honors the gestures of ordinary people who capture and release songbirds to study their migratory patterns. In these rare moments of physical contact, they sense the quick pulse of these delicate creatures, poised to take flight the instant they are released. Bosworth discovered gestures in Renaissance paintings by Fra Angelico and Lorenzo Veneziano that resembled her own images: “I was amazed by a painting of a saint with his arms extended, releasing a bird towards heaven. It reminded me of the motion made when these captive birds are set free.”
The Singing & the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art, 2014
Topic:
Animal\bird\cardinal  Search this
Credit Line:
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Haluk and Elisa Soykan
Copyright:
© 2003, Barbara Bosworth
Object number:
2008.2.22
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Department:
Graphic Arts
Data Source:
Smithsonian American Art Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk75e27a0a1-02ab-490a-a03a-ec651d9a7683
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:saam_2008.2.22