Carol Kino
2010
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View on museum website →Medium
inkjet print
Dimensions
image: 81.28 × 45.72 cm (32 × 18 in.) sheet: 91.44 × 50.8 cm (36 × 20 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kimberly and John F. Zwetchkenbaum
Accession Number
2014.149.11
Art Historical Context
**Carol Kino** *Lucas Samaras, 2010* Samaras, a pioneering Greek-American artist (b. 1936), captivates with *Carol Kino* (2010), an inkjet print that reflects his lifelong fascination with photography's transformative potential. Known for his boundary-pushing "Photo-Transformations" series the 1970s—where he manipulated Polaroids surreal, introspective visions—Samaras evolved into digital realms by the 21st century. This portrait-like work, housed in the National Gallery of's Department of Modern Prints and Drawings, showcases his skill in blending reality and abstraction, inviting viewe...
About the Artist
Lucas Samaras
Lucas Samaras, a Greek-born American artist renowned for his boundary-defying explorations of self and identity, was born on September 14, 1936, in Kastoria, Greece. Immigrating to the United States with his family in 1948 amid the turmoil of World War II and the Greek Civil War, he settled in West New York, New Jersey. Samaras pursued studies at Rutgers University from 1955 to 1959, where he befr...