Underexposed

 

Underexposed

 

Untitled


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Object Details


Artist/Maker

Madoka Takagi, American, born Japan, 1956–2015

Date

1986

Medium

Platinum palladium print

Dimensions

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Credit

Gift of Dan and Mary Solomon

Accession #

2021.62

Image Copyright

© Estate of Madoka Takagi.

Description

Born into the first postwar generation in Japan, Madoka Takagi graduated from art school with a focus on printmaking and soon turned to photography. Her fascination with the material aspects of printmaking is evident in the delicate, silvery platinum prints she made by brushing paper with a solution of platinum-based light-sensitive salts. This double portrait is part of an extensive series of self-portraits she staged with friends and acquaintances in New York, where she was ensconced within a vibrant and eclectic 1980s art scene.