Bob (image)
| Bob | |
|---|---|
| Image of the subject created out of his own cremated remains | |
| Artist | Bill Fink |
| Year | 1992 |
| Medium | Cremated human remains on glass |
| Subject | Robert Eugene Christensen |
Bob is an image created by Bill Fink in 1992 of a man named Bob Christensen out of Christensen's ashes. Christensen died of AIDS in 1991 in Long Beach, California at the age of 39, and his mother donated the ashes to Fink in accordance with her son's wishes.[1] Fink then took these ashes and created a photorealistic image of Christensen's face with them using an undisclosed technique.[2]
The image was considered controversial not only for its stark depiction of a person nearing death, but because of the unconventional medium with which Fink created it. Reactions of viewers during its two-month exhibition at the Valley HIV/AIDS Center in Van Nuys, California in 1992 ranged from understanding it as productive and creative commentary on loss to offensive and insulting.[2] The image is one of a series that Fink created of various people who had died of AIDS using their own cremated remains.[3]
References
- ↑ "Photo exhibit uses ashes of AIDS victim". The Dallas Morning News. 24 November 1992. p. 6C.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Meg Sullivan (22 November 1992). "Photos made with cremated remains get varied reactions from viewers". Los Angeles Daily News. p. 12.
- ↑ Steve Greenberg (2 June 1992). "Photo Realism: Artist Bill Fink uses human ash to create a visual AIDS memorial". The Advocate. No. 604. pp. 80–81.
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