AutoPolaroid
When he acquired his first Polaroid camera, a 360 Land Camera, in late 1969, Samaras made hundreds of images in a matter of months, most of which are self-portraits: "I like remaking myself in photography". The Polaroid offered instant return; images were delivered in a matter of seconds in the comfort of the artist’s home/studio. Many of Samaras’s AutoPolaroids are enhanced with hand-applied ink, as here, where stippled marks surround multiple images of the martyred artist. "I was raised up by a very religious family," he recalled, "The nailing on the cross."
Artwork Details
- Title: AutoPolaroid
- Artist: Lucas Samaras (American (born Greece), Kastoria 1936–2024 New York)
- Date: 1970
- Medium: Instant dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid) with hand-applied ink
- Dimensions: Image: 3 9/16 × 2 7/8 in. (9 × 7.3 cm)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.40.13
- Rights and Reproduction: © Lucas Samaras
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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