Neighbors #14

Photograph

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Calvin University Center Art Gallery

In this atmospheric image, a person sits in solitude on a bed, illuminated by soft light coming from a lamp. Seemingly engaged in a quiet activity, like reading or writing, they're partially obscured by a sheer curtain. The room's warm glow contrasts with the dark, silhouetted window frame.

In this atmospheric image, a person sits in solitude on a bed, illuminated by soft light coming from a lamp. Seemingly engaged in a quiet activity, like reading or writing, they're partially obscured by a sheer curtain. The room's warm glow contrasts with the dark, silhouetted window frame.

Name/Title

Neighbors #14

Entry/Object ID

2014.2.2

Description

The viewer looks through a window where a young woman with a towel on her head is seated near a lamp. She seems unaware that she is being watched while she is reading.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

pigment print

Category

People, Interior Space, Women/Gender/Sexuality, Vault
Building, Architecture

Made/Created

Artist

Arne Svenson

Date made

2012

Dimensions

Dimension Description

image size

Height

44-3/8 in

Width

29-5/8 in

Dimension Description

frame size

Height

45-3/4 in

Width

31 in

Exhibitions

Light - An Eternal Presence: The Donna Spaan Contemporary Collection of Art, Sept. 8 - Oct. 10, 2015
Photography Selections from the Permanent Collection
Loan - Spaan Collection @ Dordt College
Loan - Spaan Collection @ 2nd CRC - Grand Haven, Michigan
Spaan and PC - February 15 - April 8, 2022
Loan - Spaan Collection @ LaGrave CRC
Spaan Collection - August 27 - November 29, 2024

General Notes

Note Type

Wall Label

Note

Expanded Wall Label: An acclaimed fine art photographer, Arne Svenson uses his camera to create a narrative of that which may lie hidden or obscured. This narrative, at times only a whisper or suggestion, weaves throughout his divergent body of work. In the “Neighbors” series, Svenson began photographing the windows of a building opposite his studio, intrigued by the implied stories within the frame of glass and the play of light upon the seemingly anonymous subjects.