Painting Room Lights, from Sixteen Films

David Haxton, Painting Room Lights, from Sixteen Films, 1981, 16mm film on digital video, color, silent; 10:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2014.50.1.15, © 1981, David Haxton

Artwork Details

Title
Painting Room Lights, from Sixteen Films
Artist
Date
1981
Location
Not on view
Copyright
© 1981, David Haxton
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Mediums
Mediums Description
16mm film on digital video, color, silent; 10:00 minutes
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male — full length
  • Occupation — art — artist
  • Architecture Interior
Object Number
2014.50.1.15

Works by this artist (21 items)

David Haxton, Vertical and Receding Lines, 1974, 16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:30 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2011.15.2, © 1974, David Haxton
Vertical and Receding Lines
Date1974
16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:30 minutes
Not on view
David Haxton, Cutting Light and Dark Holes, from Sixteen Films, 1974, 16mm film on digital video, black and white, silent; 08:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2014.50.1.3, © 1974, David Haxton
Cutting Light and Dark Holes, from Sixteen Films
Date1974
16mm film on digital video, black and white, silent; 08:00 minutes
Not on view
David Haxton, Vertical and Receding Lines, from Sixteen Films, 1974, 16mm film on digital video, black and white, silent; 06:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2014.50.1.2, © 1974, David Haxton
Vertical and Receding Lines, from Sixteen Films
Date1974
16mm film on digital video, black and white, silent; 06:00 minutes
Not on view
David Haxton, Bringing Lights Forward, from Sixteen Films, 1970, 16mm film on digital video, black and white, silent; 04:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2014.50.1.1, © 1970, David Haxton
Bringing Lights Forward, from Sixteen Films
Date1970
16mm film on digital video, black and white, silent; 04:00 minutes
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2007.33.18 - SAAM-2007.33.18_1 - 79820
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image (2.0)
March 16, 2012April 13, 2013
Watch This! New Directions in the Art of the Moving Image is a series of rotating exhibitions drawn from SAAM’s permanent collection.

More Artworks from the Collection

David Haxton, Vertical and Receding Lines, 1974, 16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:30 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2011.15.2, © 1974, David Haxton
Vertical and Receding Lines
Date1974
16mm film, black and white, silent; 05:30 minutes
Not on view
Hans Breder, Quanta, 1967, single-channel video, color, silent; 03:46 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the artist, 2013.50.4, © 1967, Hans Breder
Quanta
Date1967
single-channel video, color, silent; 03:46 minutes
Not on view
Eureka
Date1974
16 mm Plus-X print, black and white, silent; 30:00 minutes
Not on view
Carolee Schneemann, Viet Flakes, 1965, 16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase made possible by the Ford Motor Company, 2008.21.9, © 1965 Carolee Schneemann Foundation. Courtesy Electronic Arts Intermix, NY
Viet Flakes
Date1965
16mm film transferred to video, toned black & white, sound; 07:00 minutes
Not on view