Untitled (Predators; Indian Springs, NV)

Trevor Paglen, Untitled (Predators; Indian Springs, NV), 2010, chromogenic print, 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Nion McEvoy, 2012.9.1, © 2010, Trevor Paglen

Artwork Details

Title: Untitled (Predators; Indian Springs, NV)
Artist: Trevor Paglen
Date: 2010
Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 121.9 cm)
Copyright: © 2010, Trevor Paglen
Credit Line: Gift of Nion McEvoy
Mediums Description: chromogenic print
Classifications: Photography
Photoprint
Subjects: Travel — air — airplane
Landscape — weather — cloud
Landscape — sky
Object Number: 2012.9.1
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/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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