Black Maps/Vivid Waters: Beauty and Horror in David Maisel's The Lake Project and Terminal Mirage
Date of Award
2010
Document Type
Masters Research Paper
Degree Name
M.A.
Organizational Unit
School of Art and Art History, College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences
First Advisor
Annabeth Headrick
Keywords
David Maisel, Criticism and interpretation, Landscape photography, Utah, Great Salt Lake, Aerial photographs, Owens Lake, Inyo County, California, Photography, Artistic, Exhibitions
Abstract
"This paper examines The Lake Project and Terminal Mirage, the two components of David Maisel’s Black Maps series that concern water. Like the section of the Salt Lake chosen by Robert Smithson for his seminal Spiral Jetty, the alkaline waters Maisel photographs are subject to infestations of bacteria that that give them a visceral hue. Smithson provides a reference for this work; the artists are notable for their shared site, disorienting scale, and attraction to entropy"
Publication Statement
Copyright is held by the author. Permanently suppressed.
Recommended Citation
Messenheimer, Micah C., "Black Maps/Vivid Waters: Beauty and Horror in David Maisel's The Lake Project and Terminal Mirage" (2010). Art and Art History: Master's Research Papers. 296.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/art_mrp/296