Dead Satellite with Nuclear Reactor, Eastern Arizona (Cosmos 469)

Trevor Paglen, Dead Satellite with Nuclear Reactor, Eastern Arizona (Cosmos 469), 2011, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan, 2012.24.2, © 2011, Trevor Paglen
Trevor Paglen, Dead Satellite with Nuclear Reactor, Eastern Arizona (Cosmos 469), 2011, chromogenic print, 4860 in. (121.9152.4 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan, 2012.24.2, © 2011, Trevor Paglen

Artwork Details

Title
Dead Satellite with Nuclear Reactor, Eastern Arizona (Cosmos 469)
Date
2011
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
4860 in. (121.9152.4 cm)
Copyright
© 2011, Trevor Paglen
Credit Line
Gift of Mike Wilkins and Sheila Duignan
Mediums Description
chromogenic print
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — science — nuclear reactor
  • Travel — air — satellite
  • Landscape — Arizona
Object Number
2012.24.2

Works by this artist (1 item)

Suzan Rezac, Untitled (Brooch), 1983, shibuichi, copper, and bronze, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Helen Williams Drutt English and H. Peter Stern in honor of the 35th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery, 2007.47.23
Untitled (Brooch)
Date1983
shibuichi, copper, and bronze
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2012.24.1 - SAAM-2012.24.1_1-000001 - 82537
Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen
June 21, 2018January 6, 2019
Trevor Paglen blurs the lines between art, science, and investigative journalism to construct unfamiliar and at times unsettling ways to see and interpret the world around us.

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