History’s Shadow: New works by David Maisel
Today’s article is from our friends at Art Practical, where Bean Gilsdorf discusses History’s Shadow, an exhibition by the artist David Maisel currently on view at Haines Gallery in San Francisco.
History’s Shadow GM3, 2010 C-print Courtesy of Haines Gallery
Walking into David Maisel’s exhibition History’s Shadow, at Haines Gallery, the viewer might not recognize the work as X-ray portraits of antiquities. Surprisingly, the textures, tones and effects created by this process are more enticing than clinical. Through the process of x-raying historical art objects in the collection of the Getty and of San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum, Maisel proffers a particular view of history, one that is cloudy and delicate, yet revealing in unexpected ways.
