Michael Hamburger

Artist Tacita Dean (b. 1965)

Date2007

Medium16mm anamorphic colour film installation with optical sound One exhibition copy; one archival copy; one internegative; one soundtrack.

ClassificationsFilm

Credit LineCollection & image © Hugh Lane Gallery. Purchased with the support of the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism, 2008. © Tacita Dean.

Object number2017

DescriptionCommissioned to make a work in relation to the writer W.G. Sebald, Dean took as her subject the poet and translator Michael Hamburger whom Sebald meets in a chapter of his book, The Rings of Saturn. In her 28 minute film Dean concentrates on Hamburger's love of apples while the rambling house, encroaching garden, sunlight, rattling wind and the appearance of a rainbow all act as a metaphor to the man as poet. This acquisition was generously funded by the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism, 2008.

16mm anamorphic colour film installation with optical sound, duration 28 mins

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