I Control the Sun #22, Lilly McElroy

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Lilly McElroy, I Control the Sun #22
Lilly McElroy, I Control the Sun #22
Lilly McElroy
I Control the Sun #22
2016
Lilly McElroy
born 1979
I Control the Sun #22, 2016
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: inkjet print
Credit line: Courtesy of the artist and Rick Wester Fine Art
Accession number: EL2023.017
Not on display
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Reading the World
Lilly McElroy’s I Control the Sun depicts her ongoing struggle to control and play tricks on this celestial body. As a light-based medium, photography is also the subject of the work. McElroy’s battle with the source of light is boldly defiant, but she will never win. At once headstrong and tongue-in-cheek, this series depicts her playful approach to operating within the constraints of this artistic medium.

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Reading the World
Joey Orr, curator
2023–2024

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