Untitled (Predators; Indian Springs, NV)

Trevor Paglen, Untitled (Predators; Indian Springs, NV), 2010, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nion McEvoy, 2012.9.1, © 2010, Trevor Paglen
Copied Trevor Paglen, Untitled (Predators; Indian Springs, NV), 2010, chromogenic print, 6048 in. (152.4121.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nion McEvoy, 2012.9.1, © 2010, Trevor Paglen

Artwork Details

Title
Untitled (Predators; Indian Springs, NV)
Date
2010
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
6048 in. (152.4121.9 cm)
Copyright
© 2010, Trevor Paglen
Credit Line
Gift of Nion McEvoy
Mediums Description
chromogenic print
Classifications
Keywords
  • Travel — air — airplane
  • Landscape — weather — cloud
  • Landscape — sky
Object Number
2012.9.1

Artwork Description

Trevor Paglen’s work presents ideas that deal with secrecy and the workings of the military and intelligence world. Though the work is officially untitled, Paglen’s descriptive phase, Predators; Indian Springs, NV, refers to the presence of distant Predator drones in the sky above Nevada, in effect asking the viewer to perceive intellectually what is easily visible from the ground.


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