Mama / Joseph Nechvatal
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 2008/2.247
- Title
- Mama
- Artist
- Joseph Nechvatal
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- (1951 - )
- Medium and Support
- graphite and orange tint on paper
- Object Creation Date
- 1984
- Object Creation Place
- North America
- American
- Creation Place 1
- North America
- Creation Place 2
- American
- Style/Group/Movement
- post-conceptual art
- Period
- Modern and contemporary
- Dimensions
- 28 cm x 35.5 cm (11 in. x 14 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Drawing
- Primary Object Type
- line drawing
- Physical Description
- Dense line drawing on orange-tinted paper.
- Subject Matter
- Though the dense tattoo-like pattern that overwhelms the field is abstract, one can discern some recognizable imagery through the random hatch marks, such as the female nude at center. One reviewer described the effect as expressive of “a back-of-the-mind fear we all can identify with sometimes.” (Kimberly Fine, “Joseph Nechvatal and the Lower East Side,” East Village Eye, 15 Oct 1983)
- Primary Keywords
- abstract
- abstract imagist
- drawing (image-making)
- drawing and drawing techniques
- line drawings
- nudes
- women
- Secondary Keywords
- abstract expressionist
- descriptors
- drawings
- drawings by technique
- european
- european styles and periods
- figures (representations)
- image-making processes and techniques
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- modern european fine arts styles and movements
- modern european styles and movements
- objects we use
- people
- people (agents)
- people and culture
- people by gender
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- processes and techniques
- processes and techniques by specific type
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
- Rights
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3167 x 2512
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 2008/2.247
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.247/2008_2_247.jpg
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"Mama; Joseph Nechvatal." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-2008-sl-2.247/2008_2_247.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.
