Questioning Pictures: Photograph of the Temple of Rameses, albumen print by Félix Bonfils, ca. 1970
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Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Félix Bonfils, The Temple of Rameses, Karnak, Thebes, ca.1870's, albumen silver print, 22.9 x 28.8 cm, PH1980:0683.01:034, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
2017
Questioning Pictures: Photograph of the Temple of Rameses, albumen print by Félix Bonfils, ca. 1970
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PH2018:0005:023
Description:
Photograph by Stefano Graziani of the following work: Félix Bonfils, The Temple of Rameses, Karnak, Thebes, ca.1870's, albumen silver print, 22.9 x 28.8 cm, PH1980:0683.01:034, Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal Questioning Pictures is a 36 photograph project commissioned by Fondazione Prada, Milan. Artist Stefano Graziani investigates archival and conservation systems in a number of museums. Through photographing museum objects, Graziani, focusing on the relationship between photographs, the museum objects and the power structures at play within institutions. The museums include the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal, Canada; Sir John Soane’s Museum in London, UK; the Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland; Museum Insel Hombroich in Neuss, Germany; the Museo di Castelvecchio in Verona, Italy; and the Plaster Cast Gallery at Museo Canova in Possagno, Italy.
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