Apollo Theater - Alice ATTIE

Apollo Theater

Alice ATTIE

Apollo Theater, series: 'Harlem on the Verge'

Original photography

C-Print

50 x 40 cm / 20 x 16 inch

Edition of 12

Signed, titled and numbered on the back by the artist

Certificate of Authenticity

€2,600.00
Tax included

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  • NASA vintage prints

    USA and URSS were opposed in a fierce competition: The Space Race. The Space Race was the odyssey of the 20th century . It started on 4 October 1957 with Sputnik 1, first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union. The next month, it was followed by the first animal to orbit the Earth, still by URSS. The missions and programs by Soviet Union and United-States kept on the rivalry. In this struggle, the NASA (National Aeronotics and Space Administration) played a leading role. This US independent agency was founded the 29th of July 1958 to be in charge of the civilian space program, aeronautics and aerospace research. Three key programs allowed USA to send the first man on the Moon:  Mercury (1958-1963) sent the first American in space, then, 25th may 1961, in the middle of the Cold War, John F. KENNEDY launched the  Apollo program (1961-1975). During his famous...

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  • Alice ATTIE

    Born in 1950, Alice ATTIE devoted herself to French Literature which she graduated from Barnard College in New York City. Then, she studied poetry under June JORDAN. Alice Attie’s doctoral dissertation focused on the meeting between language and the unspeakable.  From then on, her interest for visual arts takes all its sense. During her interview with Clare Diston she stated: “ I have always been interested in looking closely at those things in our lives that are common, in some sense, but are not easily looked at ”. Visual artist, poete, photographer, Alice ATTIE freezes time. It is what writing and photography have in common, this ability to extract from time and space a moment, a thought or a feeling and to restore it to a distant viewer. The New York artist seizes this time which passes. Her photographic work reflect transformations undergone by bodies (series Coming...

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Data sheet

Format : Vertical

Type : Color

Theme : Documentary

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