Theo Boris
2009, printed 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
2014.149.2
Art Historical Context
**Theo Boris**, a captivating inkjet print by Lucas Samaras from 2009 (printed 2010), measures 81.28 × 45.72 cm (32 × 18 in.) and graces the National Gallery of Art's CPH department, thanks to a generous gift from Kimberly and John. Zwetchkenbaum. Samaras, a pioneering Greek-American artist born in 1936, has long pushed the boundaries of photography, blending personal expression with technical innovation since his early Polaroid experiments in the 1960s and 1970s. This work exemplifies the shift to digital processes in contemporary photography. Inkjet printing, a hallmark of the early 21st ce...
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...