Daily Pic: This is one image from a 2012 series made by the conceptual artist Sherrie Levine that involves near-perfect duplicates of photos taken by the great German photographer August Sander in the 1920s and 30s, from his “People of the 20th Century” project. Both Levine’s versions and Sander’s are now on view at Paula Cooper Gallery in New York. Levine’s best works all duplicate (or, more correctly, appropriate) works by other artists, which makes her the most derivative creator ever – and by that token, one of the most innovative. The visual impact of source and copy may be similar, but their social and intellectual impact are utterly different. Proof of that lies in the …
Alfred T. Palmer. M-4 tank crews of the United States. Fort Knox, Kentucky, June 1942.
Color transparency
LC-USW361-175. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35210.
Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection (Color Photographs).
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Jack Delano. Backstage at the “girlie” show at the state fair. Rutland, Vermont, September 1941.
Reproduction from color slide.
LC-USF351-50. LC-DIG-fsac-1a33920.
Farm Security Administration-Office of War Information Collection (Color Photographs).
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
TOP: Christian Patterson, Skateland, Memphis, July, 2003
Chromogenic Dye Coupler Print on Kodak Endura Paper, printed ca. 2003, edition 1/10, 24 1/2 x 35 3/4 in (62.2 x 90.8 cm)**
BOTTOM: Christian Patterson, Motown Drums, 2005
**Skateland is in the Steven Kasher Gallery exhibition Everyday America: photographs from the Berman Collection. Highly recommend this show if you’re in NYC.
