Tacita Dean – Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron British Artist Rojo y Negro

Rojo y Negro

the artwork exists as a one-off impression

5 cm (11 x 8 1/2 in)

distribution

a group of linocuts that explore Geometric Abstraction through precise isometric forms

Tacita Dean – Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron British Artist Rojo y NegroTacita Dean's Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac 16th of September 1998 (2000) is a gelatin silver photograph depicting the decaying hull of the abandoned trimaran Teignmouth Electron, beached on the Caribbean island of Cayman Brac. Photographed from an aeroplane flying above the island's southern coastline, the artwork captures the vessel as it slowly disintegrates under the forces of wind, salt, and sea. The vertiginous aerial