Accession Number
2015/2.53

Title
Alabama #18-6

Artist(s)
Barry W. Andersen

Artist Nationality
American (North American)

Object Creation Date
1987

Medium & Support
archival inkjet print on epson exhibition fiber paper

Dimensions
14 in x 18 in (35.56 cm x 45.72 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of the artist

Subject matter
In his photographic works, Andersen shows the mark of human activity on landscape. This photograph shows plough lines, visible in the brown land. Part of a larger series of aerial landscapes he created in the 1980s, this scene moves between legibility as a landscape and mere abstract patterning. The plough lines mimick the line of shrubbery, as if creating ripples in a pond. 

Physical Description

Print of an aerial view of plowed fields with U-shaped designs left by the machinery. A green swath cuts through the bottom fo the picture in another U-shape.

Primary Object Classification
Photograph

Primary Object Type
landscape

Additional Object Classification(s)
Photograph

Collection Area
Photography

Rights
If you are interested in using an image for a publication, please visit http://umma.umich.edu/request-image for more information and to fill out the online Image Rights and Reproductions Request Form. Keywords
aerial photography
fields (land)
landscapes (representations)