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Jake and Maggie

1998

Eric Rippert

(American, b. 1963)
Culture
America
Medium
chromogenic process color print
Measurements
Framed: 106.8 x 132.1 x 5.1 cm (42 1/16 x 52 x 2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of John C. Williams in honor of Tom Hinson 2010.259
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
Not on view
Print

Description

Into this straightforward image of the downtown Cleveland skyline, a car in the foreground appears to be speeding through the scene; however, only the landscape is real while the automobile is actually an 8-inch toy car. With technical skill, the artist has believably inserted the model into the environment without the aid of digital or darkroom manipulation. By using the toy replica, Rippert has fashioned an imaginary implied narrative. He challenges the expectation of a photograph to objectively record reality. The landscape becomes neither natural nor real—it has been altered both by human habitation and artistic manipulation.

Jake and Maggie

1998

Eric Rippert

(American, b. 1963)
America

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