Golf

Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Golf, 1957, 16mm film, black and white, sound; 01:59 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2011.30.1, © 1957, Raphael Montañez Ortiz

Artwork Details

Title
Golf
Date
1957
Location
Not on view
Copyright
© 1957, Raphael Montañez Ortiz
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums
Mediums Description
16mm film, black and white, sound; 01:59 minutes
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male
  • Occupation — sport — golf
Object Number
2011.30.1

Artwork Description

Raphael Montañez Ortiz appropriates 16mm “newsreel” footage describing, as the title indicates, the game of golf. Whereas golfers are encouraged to sink a small white ball into a hole, the artist intervenes in the game, punching large holes directly into the film stock. The result presents bold, white circular voids in the image and asserts the artist’s presence.


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Works by this artist (2 items)

Frederic Edwin Church, Aurora Borealis, 1865, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Eleanor Blodgett, 1911.4.1
Aurora Borealis
Date1865
oil on canvas
On view
Frederic Edwin Church, Cotopaxi, 1855, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frank R. McCoy, 1965.12
Cotopaxi
Date1855
oil on canvas
On view

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