id:			162459
accession number:	2003.12
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2003.12
updated:		2023-01-11 09:55:46.360000

Free Element V, 2001. DoDo Jin Ming (Chinese, b. 1955). Gelatin silver print; image: 37.4 x 48.7 cm (14 3/4 x 19 3/16 in.); paper: 40.3 x 50.5 cm (15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.); matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of Photography 2003.12

title:				Free Element V
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creation date:			2001
creation date earliest:		2001
creation date latest:		2001
current location:		240A Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
creditline:			Gift of Friends of Photography
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culture:	China
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - Misc. 20th Century
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* DoDo Jin Ming (Chinese, b. 1955)  - artist

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measurements: Image: 37.4 x 48.7 cm (14 3/4 x 19 3/16 in.); Paper: 40.3 x 50.5 cm (15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.); Matted: 55.9 x 66 cm (22 x 26 in.)
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	inscription:	written in pencil on verso: "Free Element Plate V 9/15/ Jin Ming [signed] 2001"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Drawn, Exposed, and Impressed: Recent Works on Paper from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2006-01-20T00:00:00
	<i>Drawn, Exposed, and Impressed: Recent Works on Paper from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. MOCA Cleveland, OH (January 20-May 7, 2006).

	title:		Modern Impressions - Light and Water in Chinese Prints (Chinese art rotation)
	opening date:   2022-11-04T04:00:00
	<i>Modern Impressions - Light and Water in Chinese Prints (Chinese art rotation)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 4, 2022-May 7, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Laurence Miller Gallery,  New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–2003
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2003–
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wall description:
A concert violinist turned photographer, DoDo Jin Ming is attracted to nature, both native and cultivated, rendering it in viscerally appealing pictures. This photograph is from <em>Free Element</em>, a series of seascapes produced between 2001 and 2003 depicting the awesome power and drama of the sea. <br><br>The coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia, and the outskirts of Hong Kong have been her primary locales. She created these compelling black-and-white images by combining two negatives, one of the sea and the other of the sky. In each composition, all indications of land and humanity are eliminated, allowing Ming to concentrate on the sea and sky and their junction. Within these confines, she featured the conditions that make each negative unique, such as geographic location, atmosphere, light, and wind and wave patterns. Her camera angle seemingly places the viewer in a position to be submerged by a cascade of water.
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