Re: Pablo Picasso's sculptures got x-rayed
I'm sure you guys realize that X-ray machines would present a whole basket of safety issues that would make 'normal' alt-process work seem pretty tame. I can just see someone explaining to their gallery owner that new work will have to be put on hold for a while because their dosimeter badge showed a little to many Roentgens for the month. Quoting John Brewer <john@johnbrewerphotography.com>: > Camden Hardy wrote: > > >Interesting stuff. I've been drooling over x-ray machines on eBay for a > >few months now; I think it would be a lot of fun to do something like > >that... > > Hehehe, me too.... > > Not sure my wife will let me have one though. > > John > > www.johnbrewerphotography.com > > Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. Anaïs Nin. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Camden Hardy" <camden@hardyphotography.net> > To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca> > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 4:38 PM > Subject: Re: Pablo Picasso's sculptures got x-rayed > > > Maybe I'm missing the obvious (maybe it's because I don't speak French), > but I can't seem to find any of the Picasso x-rays on either of those > sites. Are they up there somewhere, or is it a tease to get us to go see > the show? > > If anyone's interested, here are a few more links to x-ray art: > http://www.alternativephotos.com > http://www.xray-art.com > http://www.bmyersphoto.com/BWXRAY/index.html > http://www.judithkmcmillan.com > > Interesting stuff. I've been drooling over x-ray machines on eBay for a > few months now; I think it would be a lot of fun to do something like > that... > > Camden Hardy > > camden[at]hardyphotography[dot]net > http://www.hardyphotography.net > > > > On Mon, September 25, 2006 3:41 am, Ryuji Suzuki wrote: > > I sent this news out to my friends but I forgot to send it to this > > list, which is probably most interesting place to share this news. > > > > French national Picasso museum in Paris started an interesting > > exhibiton, where x-ray and CT scan images of Picasso's sculptures, > > mostly from 1920 to 1950s, are shown. CT is a heavily post-processed > > version of x-ray image, which can provide image of a slice of the > > specimen rather than seeing through the entire thickness of the > > specimen. > > > > The artist's website: > > > > http://www.x-lucchesi.com/ > > > > He seems to have used radiographic images for other things as well... > > click on "expos finalisées" and then "musée rayons x" and then click on > > the ">" sign to see a few. > > > > > > PICASSO XRAYS > > Photographies Xavier Lucchesi > > > > Du 20 septembre 2006 au 8 janvier 2007 > > Tous les jours sauf le mardi > > de 9h30 à 18h00 jusqu'au 30 septembre > > et de 9h30 à 17h30 à partir du 1er octobre. > > > > http://www.musee-picasso.fr/homes/home_id23985_u1l2.htm > > > > You can find press release in PDF form from this link, but they don't > > seem to have any image. You can see an image here: > > > > http://www.asahi.com/culture/update/0922/022.html > > > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.8/455 - Release Date: 22/09/2006 > > > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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