Vertigo Dreams
John Akomfrah
Contemporary Art
PORTFOLIO/SERIES
From the MTV series: "Art Breaks"
MEDIUM
Single-channel video, includes image of photograph: “Renty, 1850”, 30 seconds
DATES
2021
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2021.20
CREDIT LINE
Commissioned by MTV and the Brooklyn Museum
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
John Akomfrah (British, born 1957). Vertigo Dreams, 2021. Single-channel video, includes image of photograph: “Renty, 1850”, 30 seconds Brooklyn Museum, Commissioned by MTV and the Brooklyn Museum, 2021.20 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, MTV_Brooklyn_Museum_Art_Breaks_DIG_05_John_Akomfrah_PS8.jpg)
IMAGE
in situ, MTV_Brooklyn_Museum_Art_Breaks_DIG_05_John_Akomfrah_PS8.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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