Line In & Out: Day and Night Documentary
1999
Tomoko Takahashi, shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize in 2000, is best known for her site-specific installations in which the artist meticulously assembles hoards of found materials, including desk chairs, used notepaper and cigarette butts. This two-dimensional photograph and drawing documents one of Takahashi's most renowned works-a massive room-sized assemblage of discarded objects artfully arranged in discrete piles and strewn overall with electric cables and computer wiring. Installed at the Saatchi Gallery in 1999, the work, titled Line Out, garnered Takahashi wide critical acclaim. SAM's diagrammatic piece not only documents that work, but translates its structured chaos into an entirely new artwork that possesses its own internal logic and formal beauty.
Photograph, ink and Plexiglas
27 1/4 x 31 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (69.2 x 80 x 3.8cm)
Gift of Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson
2008.75
Provenance: [Grant Selwyn Fine Art, California, 19 July 1999]; Dean Valentine and Amy Adelson Collection, Los Angeles, CA
