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VIII from The Temptation of Saint Antony I-XIV

VIII from The Temptation of Saint Antony I-XIV

Tim Rollins
American, 1955–2017
1989
An aquatint printed on xerograph with chine collé, this small, ghostlike reproduction of a page from The Temptation of Saint Antony compresses the decay of printed text to evoke memory, doubt, and moral unease.
Set into a vast white field, a narrow rectangular block of faint type is mottled with vertical drips and granular smudges so that words surface and dissolve, giving the impression of a damaged page seen through fog.
Merging xerographic effects with traditional printmaking, K.O.S. situates an urban, photocopy aesthetic within fine art to question textual authority and to reframe a canonical religious story for contemporary viewers.
Medium
One from a portfolio of fourteen aquatints on xerograph with chine collé
Dimensions
plate: 8 7/16 x 5 3/8" (21.4 x 13.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/4 x 14 15/16" (56.5 x 38 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Contemporary Arts Council of The Museum of Modern Art
Accession
212.1990.8
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