- Title:
- What is the Time Then?, Galeria Colonna, Via del Corso, Roma, 1989
- Object name(s):
- Photography; Two young men viewed in silhouette
- Brief description:
- Two young men viewed in silhouette, Galeria Colonna, Rome. The men are viewed from the knees up silhouetted against bright sunlight. Both wear jackets and the figure on the right, viewed in profile, raises his left hand to view the time on a wrist watch. In the background, on the left and right, are the bases of two large columns. High contrast black and white image
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1999
- Acquisition method:
- Gift
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 470
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 320
- Inscription content:
- (pencil, verso) WHAT IS THE TIME THEN (GALLERIA, VIA DEL CORSO, ROMA, 1989) / ALISTAIR CRAWFORD / Alistair Crawford [artist's signature], (printed text, labels, verso) R.P.S. 1991 INTERNATIONAL PRINT EXHIBN 384 / Alistair Crawford Visual Art Department University College of Wales Llanbadarn Road Aberystwyth SY23 7HB Phone 0970 3339
- Material:
- Silver print on matt paper
- Object name:
- Photography; Two young men viewed in silhouette
- Object number:
- PH965
- Object production date:
- 1989
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1989
- Date - latest:
- 1989
- Object production person:
- Alistair Crawford
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Painter, printmaker, photographer, writer and performance artist. Studied textiles at Glasgow School of Art, 1962-66. Taught Textiles at the University of Leeds, 1968-71, and Graphic Design at Coventry Polytechnic, 1971-73, before teaching at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1974-2001, where he acted as Head of Department, 1986-95, and was awarded a Professorship in 1990. He has also worked as an Archive Research Fellow at the British School at Rome. Crawford has exhibited with the 56 Group Wales and in 1985 he won the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod. His written research includes monographs on the photographers Mario Giacomelli and Erich Lessing. His practical work - photography, etchings and paintings - is generally inspired by architecture, places and people
- Person's birth date:
- 1945
- Person's forenames:
- Alistair
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Scotland, Fraserburgh
- Person's surname:
- Crawford
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/87f67e81-b2f0-3357-942c-34a2c731105a, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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