Naoya Hatakeyama
Blast 8326
1994
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Naoya Hatakeyama
Blast 8326
1994
Physical Qualities
Chromogenic print face-mounted to acrylic, Framed: 40 × 59 1/2 in.
Sheet: 1016 x 1524 mm. (40 x 60 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy and Tom O'Neil, Baltimore
Object Number
2013.336
In limestone, a key component of concrete, Hatakeyama sees Earth’s geologic past and its urban future. “The quarries and the cities,” he has written, “are like negative and positive images of a single photograph.” Hatakeyama began his extended Blast series in 1995. The photographs, taken with a remote-controlled camera, were coordinated with an explosives expert who directed where the blasted rock flew while the artist’s camera stopped the limestone in mid-air.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Tom and Nancy O'Neil, Baltimore, by purchase, 2004; L.A. Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
Kristen Hileman, BMA, "New Arrivals: Photographs from the O'Neil Collection," September 30, 2015 - March 27, 2016.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography," November 4, 2018-March 24, 2019.
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Time Frames: Contemporary East Asian Photography," November 4, 2018-March 24, 2019.
