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Washington, DC 20565

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Artists Reimagining the Collection
Meet the 50 makers selected from more than 1,600 submissions

Royal Palace, Kabul

2004

Langlands & Bell

Associated Names

Ben Langlands

Artist, British, born 1955

Nikki Bell

Artist, British, born 1959

This is a photograph of a dilapidated building facade with airport codes in a grid pattern. The image shows an old structure in disrepair, with crumbling walls and missing sections. The facade has arches and windows in a classical or historical style. Overlaid on the image is a checkerboard pattern filled with three-letter airport codes from around the world, such as JFK, SYD, and AMS, positioned in various sizes and opacities.

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Artwork overview

Medium

inkjet print
Credit Line

Gift of Katherine and Peter Kend
Dimensions

image: 60 × 80.4 cm (23 5/8 × 31 5/8 in.)
sheet: 66.1 × 85.4 cm (26 × 33 5/8 in.)
Accession Number

2018.197.6

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Peter and Katherine Kend, New Canaan, CT; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Peter and Kate Kend

Inscriptions

signed by artists, lower left below image in graphite: Langlands & Bell 15/30

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