Doors, Ponte City, Johannesburg

2008-2010

Mikhael Subotzky, Patrick Waterhouse

Associated Names
Mikhael Subotzky

Artist, South African, born 1981

Patrick Waterhouse

Artist, British, born 1981

The image shows a grid of small rectangles forming a tall vertical pattern, creating an abstract mosaic of light and color. The configuration resembles an illuminated skyscraper facade at night, with individual windows in various shades of red, blue, and yellow light, and silhouetted forms suggesting people behind them. The arrangement and color distribution bring to mind a bustling city building with diverse activity occurring in each compartment.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    light box with color transparency

  • Credit Line

    Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 388 × 128.27 × 17.15 cm (152 3/4 × 50 1/2 × 6 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.67.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa); NGA purchase, 2015.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2015

  • The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, May 3, 2015 - September 13, 2015.

  • The Memory of Time: Contemporary Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Acquired with the Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2015, no. 52.

Wikidata ID

Q63864277

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