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Glitter Bomb

2012
Not on view
Johnson works primarily with photography but also employs a variety of other media—sculpted figurines, dioramas, paint, ink, and bursts of glitter—to amplify the emotional power of her images. Glitter Bomb belongs to a series exploring the bacchanalian culture of summer music festivals. At once ominous and ecstatic, the image evokes the blissed-out mind-set of young revelers taking part in a modern-day rite of passage.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Glitter Bomb
  • Artist: Sarah Anne Johnson (Canadian, born 1976)
  • Date: 2012
  • Medium: Chromogenic print with glitter and acrylic paint
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 29 7/8 in. × 53 in. (75.9 × 134.6 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Funds from various donors, in memory of Randie Malinsky, 2016
  • Object Number: 2016.249
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Sarah Anne Johnson
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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