No Familiar Hand Tempered the Austerity of His Self-made...
Name/Title
No Familiar Hand Tempered the Austerity of His Self-made...Entry/Object ID
823.Ph86Description
With his arms folded across his bent knees, a nude male sits upon a bare mattress on the floor. With anguish in his gaze, the man stares downward. "No Familiar Hand Tempered the Austerity of His Self-made Brooklyn Cell" presents the isolation of vanishing from society. In search of freedom, one succumbs to feelings of otherness. In creating his own environment, the subject took control. However, this sense of stability brought on by control comes at a price. Solitude. When unable to handle social pressures, instead of utilizing a mask and hiding within society, they chose to hide from it. This begs the question, how can one escape without isolating oneself? By finding community, that paradox resolves itself. The rules and standards that drove individuals to hide behind masks and closed doors vanish.Artwork Details
Medium
Hand colored silver print photographAcquisition
Accession
823Acquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of the artistMade/Created
Artist
Khristine HopkinsDate made
1985Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
SignatureLocation
LRType
TitleLocation
LLDimensions
Dimension Description
ImageHeight
4-1/2 inWidth
7 inDimension Description
SightHeight
5-1/2 inWidth
7-3/4 inDimension Description
FinishedHeight
18-1/4 inWidth
14-1/4 inExhibitions
Crosscurrents: An Exchange Between Guild Hall Museum and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 1986
The Collection's Living Artists