Announcement card for Le proche et le lointain, Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France, January 31–March 21, 2004
Aleksandra Mir
American and Swedish, born Poland 1967
2004
An invitation card printed with Aleksandra Mir’s photograph of the snow‑covered Domaine de Kerguéhennec, made to announce the exhibition while nudging viewers to think about the ties between nearness and distance.
The first thing you notice is the hushed geometry—the dark, still pool edged in snow in the foreground and the long peach‑colored building receding under a pale winter sky—so the estate reads like a memory or a staged tableau.
As a piece of ephemera that doubles as an artwork, the card shows how contemporary artists turn exhibition publicity into a medium for exploring perception, site, and the ways images mediate proximity and remoteness.
Medium
Invitation card
Dimensions
sheet: 5 7/8 x 8 1/4" (15 x 21 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Acquired through the generosity of Richard Gerrig and Timothy Peterson
Accession
125.2012.71
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
