Renee Oracle, Thomas Weir

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Thomas Weir, Renee Oracle
Thomas Weir, Renee Oracle
Thomas Weir
Renee Oracle
1968–1970
Renee Oracle, 1968–1970
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: cyanotype
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 33 x 33 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 13 0.9921 x 13 0.9921 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 19 x 14 in
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Mark A. Lucas
Accession number: 1971.0012
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Archive Label: The social agenda of the counter-culture of the late 1960s and early 70s-“sex, drugs and rock-and-roll”-is summarized in this cyanotype nude. Weir, who also made photographs for the jackets of LP records by Janis Joplin and The Grateful Dead, used the cyanotype process (similar to the blue-prints used by architects and engineers) to reduce the natural range of colors to a few abnormally bright, intense hues, suggesting the visual hypersensitivity of a drug-induced euphoria. Weir’s use of this outdated technique was consistent with the counterculture’s turning away from modern technologies in favor of the hand-made artifacts of pre- and early-industrial society.