Accession No
TEMP.00081
Description
Photograph, black and white, of an urban landscape, with a red figure and satellite dishes superimposed in red.
Place
Europe; Eastern Europe; Russia; North-Western Federal District; St Petersburg
Period
Source
Nafus, Dawn [donor]; Marsh, Steven [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00081
Cultural Affliation
Material
Photographic Paper; Pigment
Local Term
Measurements
290mm x 420mm
Events
Context (CMS Context)
The use and origin of this photograph is unknown. It is possible that it formed part of the Pasifika Styles exhibition, May 2006 - February 2008, Maudslay Hall, MAA
Event Date 11/3/2015
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Black and white photograph of an urban landscape, with a red figure and satellite dishes superimposed in red.
Event Date 11/3/2015
Author: maa
Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Art as Ethnography?: multi-media explorations in post-socialist St Petersburg', Andrews Gallery, MAA, December 2001-l February 2002.
The exhibition was co-ordinated by Dawn Nafus, a doctoral student in the Department of Social Anthropology, with assistance from the Anthropology Curators. The exhibition brought together contemporary work from British photographer Steven Marsh and Russian artist Dimitri Alexeev along with artefacts from Soviet Russia, material from Ms Nafus’ ethnographic fieldwork, and loans from Dr Catherine Cooke.
Photograph made Steven Marsh in St Petersburg during fieldwork with Dawn Nafus, 2000-2001 and subsequently purchased for the Museum after the exhibition.
Event Date 11/12/2020
Author: rachel hand
Context (Amendments / updates)
Found unlabelled in 2015 but identified in December 2020 as part of 'Art as Ethnography' exhibition by Dawn Nafus at MAA in 2002
Event Date 11/12/2020
Author: rachel hand
FM:267999
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