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

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

The big toe, arch, and lower heel of a left foot appear beneath the upper frame of a photograph. A water-filled latex balloon slips off the foot, forming a tear shape that dangles from the toe and connects with the rippling surface of blue water that dominates the composition.
The big toe, arch, and lower heel of a left foot appear beneath the upper frame of a photograph. A water-filled latex balloon slips off the foot, forming a tear shape that dangles from the toe and connects with the rippling surface of blue water that dominates the composition.
Janaina Tschäpe, He Drowned in Her Eyes as she Called him to Follow [Anatomy: Tile], 2000; Chromogenic color print, 23 x 32 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection; © Janaina Tschäpe

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Janaina Tschäpe

  • Title

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

  • Date

    2000

  • Medium

    Chromogenic color print

  • Dimensions

    23 x 32 in.

  • Donor Credit

    Gift of Heather and Tony Podesta Collection

  • Image 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.