Setlists For a Setting Sun (Dark Was the Night)
Artist
Dario Robleto
(born San Antonio, TX 1972)
Date2014
MediumCyanotypes, prints, watercolor paper, butterflies, butterfly antennae made from stretched audiotape of Blind Willie Johnson’s “Dark Was the Night” (Recorded 1927, launched on Voyager I probe in 1977), various cave minerals and crystals, homemade crystals, coral, nickel plated sea urchin shells, sea urchin teeth, various seashells, beetle wings, ocean water, pigments, cut paper, mica flakes, feathers, mirrors, plastic and glass domes, audio recording, digital player, headphones, wood, polyurethane, Plexiglas
DimensionsOverall: 61 x 45 x 45 in. (154.9 x 114.3 x 114.3 cm.)
Collection AreaSCULPTURE
Credit LineEllen W. P. Wasserman Acquisitions Endowment, and Frederick R. Weisman Contemporary Art Acquisitions Endowment
Object number2015.45
NOT ON VIEW
Last Updated10/1/24
17th century