Object number2021.33
Cargo Cults (Head Bundle)
Date2018
CultureFilipino-American
MediumPigment print, mounted to aluminum
EditionEdition 8 of 15, plus 2 artist's proofs
DimensionsFramed: 20 3/4 x 15 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (52.7 x 40 x 3.8 cm)
Credit LinePurchase, Advisory Council for Photography
On View
Not on viewPeriod21st c
Classification(s)
InscribedPrinted on a Ryan Lee Gallery label affixed to the reverse of the frame: Stephanie Syjuco / Cargo Cults (Head Bundle), 2018 / Archival pigment print / 20 x 15 inches (50.8 x 38.1 cm) / Edition 8 of 15, plus 2 AP
BibliographyBrier, Jessica D.. On the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print. Poughkeepsie, NY: Vassar College in association with Scala Arts Publishers, Inc., 2022, pl. 53;
Vogel, Rachel. “The Grid in Print and Photography.” Print Quarterly XLI, 1, (2024): p. 55-58ProvenancePurchased from Ryan Lee GalleryVassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryOn the Grid: Ways of Seeing in Print, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, August 20 - December 22, 2022; Photography as Data: Augmentation, Extraction, Objectification, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, April 9 - September 15, 2024DescriptionBlack and white image of a young woman standing against a chevron background holding a bundle of fabric on the top of her heading, wearing various patterned clothing, one of which has a Charlotte Russe tag still attached, jewelry, a braided rope around her neck, a cord around her arm, with two vertical black lines on her chin with two black dots on either side. She looks out at the photographer and holds her left arm up to steady the bundle atop her head. A greyscale chart is included in the bottom right corner of the image.
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