Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2009.43.001
Accession#:
2009.43
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase.
Object Name:
Montage
Title:
Prelude; Winter in Juneau
Artist — Creator:
McNeil, Larry
Date:
2009
Description:
Montage Print titled "Prelude; Winter in Juneau."
Image is a montage print. At top, proper left corner is a photo of the artist looking through a round glass. At center are two images inside the representation of a film negative. The image at proper right is a raven in flight, the image at proper left is the screen of a digital camera showing the carved nose and lips of a humanoid figure. The image at bottom, proper right is a carved Tlingit hat. The following is written from top to bottom: "I love the winter in Juneau and miss it. While walking around during a snowstorm in February with my cameras, I was thinking about what the essence of Juneau in the winter may look like. There were ravens flying around having way too much fun. A few were looking rather regal and yet others were hassling them a bit for their seriousness. A whole tribe of them was scarfing pizza downtown. The snowflakes floated silently and the serenity was hypnotic enough to make me wonder if perhaps this was a dream. My cameras were getting wet from the snow. I was shooting mostly digital, but in homage to photography, shot with Kodachrome film too. It has a similar visual aesthetic to some of my earlier art and I enjoyed the challenge of capturing the feel of Juneau in winter. Everything seemed white and various shades of green from the mountains, trees and water. Sealaska commissioned this art, and I'm very pleased with how it came out, because it feels like Juneau to me. Home. "
Image is a montage print. At top, proper left corner is a photo of the artist looking through a round glass. At center are two images inside the representation of a film negative. The image at proper right is a raven in flight, the image at proper left is the screen of a digital camera showing the carved nose and lips of a humanoid figure. The image at bottom, proper right is a carved Tlingit hat. The following is written from top to bottom: "I love the winter in Juneau and miss it. While walking around during a snowstorm in February with my cameras, I was thinking about what the essence of Juneau in the winter may look like. There were ravens flying around having way too much fun. A few were looking rather regal and yet others were hassling them a bit for their seriousness. A whole tribe of them was scarfing pizza downtown. The snowflakes floated silently and the serenity was hypnotic enough to make me wonder if perhaps this was a dream. My cameras were getting wet from the snow. I was shooting mostly digital, but in homage to photography, shot with Kodachrome film too. It has a similar visual aesthetic to some of my earlier art and I enjoyed the challenge of capturing the feel of Juneau in winter. Everything seemed white and various shades of green from the mountains, trees and water. Sealaska commissioned this art, and I'm very pleased with how it came out, because it feels like Juneau to me. Home. "
Notes:
Companion print to the large photo print "Winter in Juneau."
The helmet in the lower proper right corder is owned by Sealaska Corporation.
The helmet in the lower proper right corder is owned by Sealaska Corporation.
People:
McNeil, Larry
Search Terms:
Tlingit
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Art
Fine Arts
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Natural History
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Bird