Untitled 4

Artist: Elias Sime, Ethiopian, born 1968
Date: 2020
Material: Reclaimed electrical wires and components on panel
made in: Addis Ababa, Shewa region, Ethiopia, Africa
Classification: Mixed media
Collection: Modern and Contemporary Art
Current Location: Not on view
Dimensions: 81 3/4 × 123 1/4 in. (207.6 × 313.1 cm)
Credit Line: Friends Endowment Fund, and funds given by Eleanor J. Moore, Gary Werths and Richard Frimel, the Ross Family Foundation, and Yvette Drury Dubinsky and John Paul Dubinsky
Rights: © Elias Sime 2019
Object Number: 43:2021

NOTES

Elias Sime collected motherboards and chips from inside computers, cutting and collaging them together to create this abstraction. The work resembles an aerial view of a landscape; however, it does not represent a specific place. Sime borrows the aesthetics of topographical and satellite views to expand the characteristics of landscape art. Technological advancements dependent upon the same materials used for Sime’s work have enabled us to see the world from new perspectives and connect humans across vast distances.

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