Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Bruce McLean, Born 1944, British
Title:
Xerox City (Diptych)
Date:
1998
Materials & Techniques:
Screen print on 400gsm Somerset Satin white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 35 × 29 inches (88.9 × 73.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered upper left to lower right: "enlarged and printed out end- | lessly, as the architect positions him- | self in the work " to maintain a sense of | proportion " | The original plan for the city was based on a | photocopy of the artist's genitals, faxed to a col- | league for design modification | and structurally engineered through modern | technology. Phase two pho- | tographs become slides and the city | is projected, at times invisible, and at | other times visible when projected on screens, | shirts, ties, dresses, mirrors and reflective surfaces, | some of which are moving, contracting, expanding and disappearing."; lettered with printed handwriting: "Concepts | not A | Fucking | CLUE"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
© The Artist
Accession Number:
B1999.3.17
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:33489