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He Drowned in Her Eyes as she Called him to Follow [Anatomy: Green]

Close up of He Drowned in Her Eyes as she Called him to Follow [Anatomy: Green]

A photograph shot at ground level captures an extreme close-up of a heel and ankle from behind. Enclosed in a clear latex balloon filled with viscous green liquid that distorts its shape, the foot rests upon a floor of tiny, square, white tiles, like those used in bathrooms.

Janaina Tschäpe, He Drowned in Her Eyes as she Called him to Follow [Anatomy: Green], 2000; Chromogenic color print, 23 x 32 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © Janaina Tschäpe

He Drowned in Her Eyes as she Called him to Follow [Anatomy: Green]
Janaina Tschäpe

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Janaina Tschäpe

  • Title

    He Drowned in Her Eyes as she Called him to Follow [Anatomy: Green]

  • Date

    2000

  • Medium

    Chromogenic color print

  • Dimensions

    23 x 32 in.

  • Donor Credit

    Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection

  • Photo Credit

    © Janaina Tschäpe

  • On Display

    No

The Artist, Janaina Tschäpe

Working across photography, video, painting, drawing, and sculpture, Janaina Tschäpe strives to reinvent perceptions of nature and the body.
A light-skinned adult woman with medium-length curly blond hair wears a black pinstripe blazer over a white blouse. Her mouth is open in speech and arms bent in front of her. Four large color landscape photographs are on the white wall behind her.