Article commissioned by the Guggenheim Museum, New York, to coincide with Deana Lawson’s 2021 solo exhibition, in which she included holograms alongside her photography.
Published 7 May 2021
Headline image Dan Schweitzer, The Tunnel and below, Margaret Benyon, Tigirl included on the Guggenheim website to illustrate the text, May 2021.
Illusion has been practiced in art for centuries. The painted effects of trompe l’œil, for example, have long been employed to highlight our thirst for trickery and demonstrate the artists’ technical prowess. In recent decades holograms have emerged as a new means to achieve such effects, and artists have begun to use them to explore opportunities beyond simple gimmickry.
Read the full text on the Guggenheim website.
Image: Tigirl, Margaret Benyon.
30 x 33 cm reflection hologram and reproduction.
