Mitchell Funk
The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974
1974

Name: The Fremont Sign, Las Vegas, 1974
Brand: Mitchell Funk
Price: 5500 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Shipping should be around $100. ' Edition : 4 / 20 Signed, dated number lower right Printed later Other sizes available, unframed Before one of America's most iconic streets was desecrated into a mall, Fremont street was a wonderland of classic casino signs. Shipping should be $100. Mitchell Funk doubles down and turns a wildly colorful scene into an optically stimulating abstract image. To do it, he had to choose the right camera angle. All of the signs had to be in a row. A Nikon 500mm "mirror lens" was used. This special lens compresses the neon and bulbs so that they would blend together in a unique way. Finally, he thew the image radically out of focus. The result, the Mint sign expands into a panel of sensuous pinks and magentas so hot they make love to your eyeballs. Binion's Horseshoe is transformed into layers of diaphanous blues which overlap pinks. The street scene is morphed into sections of color and ringlets of light intersecting with calligraphic elements. Perspective is diminished with foreground and background elements pushed to the same plane. Sharp becomes fuzzy in a beautiful composition with no central point. Ultimately, several casino signs have become one sign. The Fremont sign. Mitchell Funk is a pioneer of " Color Photography". In 1970 he participated in one the first " Color Photography" shows at a major museum. Brooklyn Museum, show "Images en Couleur" . 1971 Included he was included in the visionary book "Frontiers of Photography" Time Life, Color ! American Photography Transformed. Amon Carter Museum . He has had more than 50 Photography Magazine Covers and has had covers on Newsweek, New York Magazine, Life Magazine, Fortune etc. Shipping should be around $100.

Creator:

Mitchell Funk (1950, American)

Creation Year:

1974

Dimensions:

Height: 29 in (73.66 cm)Width: 43 in (109.22 cm)

Medium:

Archival Pigment

Movement & Style:

Impressionist

Period:

1970-1979