ID: 700000322 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000322	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Border #8 (painting (visual work); Michal Rovner (Israeli, born 1957); 1997-1998; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 1999.240)

Note: This Israeli-born artist now based in New York City has produced an evocative body of work concerning the intersection of reality, feeling, and memory. This powerful image derives from the prologue of Rovner's video "Border" (1997), in which she explores the psychological and political meanings of geographical and national borders, using the military access road from Israel to Lebanon as a site and herself as a model. Working with a still from the video, which she deftly and variously enhanced in color, scale, and texture, Rovner generated fifteen different computerized image files. An outdoor sign company then digitally airbrushed these images onto canvas, creating fifteen unique large-scale variations on this brooding landscape, each in a slightly different mood.

Titles:

Border #8 (preferred,C,U,D,RP,English-P,U,U)

Figure on a military access road from Israel to Lebanon (C,U,DE,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1997-1998

Creator Display:

Michal Rovner (Israeli, born 1957) [preferred,VP]

artist Rovner, Michal (Israeli painter, photographer, born 1957) [500114667]

Locations:

Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 1999.240

Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1999

Display Materials: paint on canvas, computerized image files digitally airbrushed onto canvas

	canvas (textile material) [300014078]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

	paint (coating) [300015029]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	files (digital files) [300404202]
	.......(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by form>)

	airbrushing [300053405]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <painting and painting techniques>, painting techniques, <painting techniques by application method or circumstances>)

	photography (process) [300054225]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <image-making processes and techniques>, <photography and photographic processes and techniques>)

Dimensions: 128.9 x 169.5 cm (50 3/4 x 66 3/4 in.)

Cultures:

Israeli (preferred)

General Subject:

human figures (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	human beings (species) [300265711]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Primates (order), Hominoidea (superfamily), Hominidae (family), Homo (genus)) (AAT)

	self-portrait [300124534]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by subject type>, portraits) (AAT)

	military road [300008281]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>, transportation spaces, roads, <roads by function>) (AAT)

	road [300008217]
	.....(Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ), open spaces, <open spaces by function>, transportation spaces) (AAT)

Provenance: Artist

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Border #8	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 1 May 2012
Figure on a military access road from Israel to Lebanon	........ [VP]
	........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)