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Details
- Date
- 2004
- Media categories
- Time-based art , Installation , Film
- Materials used
- 16mm film, colour, sound, 16mm looping projector
- Edition
- 1/3 [edition of 3 + 2 AP]
- Dimensions
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duration: 00:30:00 min continuous loop
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b - projector display unit, 56.5 x 116.5 x 38 cm
- Signature & date
Signed u.l. Certificate of authenticity, black fibre-tipped pen "Paul Pfeiffer". Not dated.
- Credit
- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program by the John Kaldor Family Collection 2021
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 201.2021.a-b
- Copyright
- © Paul Pfeiffer
- Artist information
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Paul Pfeiffer
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About
American artist Paul Pfeiffer works across the mediums of film, video, photography and sculpture and is well known for his digitally manipulated found footage of sporting events, concerts or Hollywood films, often presented on tiny monitors.
'Sunset flash' is a 16mm film that is shown on a looping projector. The whirr of the projector and its elaborate, sculptural form are important qualities of the artwork. The film takes the form of a ‘home movie’ and documents the artist’s extended family posing for a group portrait. A skyline of bobbing heads is just visible, silhouetted against the sky as family members come and go until just one remains.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 2 exhibitions
Pirate Jenny, The Project, New York, 2004–2004
Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States of America, 12 Nov 2023–16 Jun 2024
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Jeffrey Kastner’, Artforum, ‘Paul Pfeiffer GAGOSIAN GALLERY/THE PROJECT, New York, Mar 2005.
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Roberta Smith, The New York Times, 'ART IN REVIEW; Paul Pfeiffer - 'Pirate Jenny'', New York, 17 Dec 2004.
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