Lorna Mills

Ways of Something (Episode 4)
2014–2015

A surreal image featuring a floating, stylized eyeball with a prominent iris and pupil against a swirling pink and purple nebulous background. Below the eye, there are two ampersands (&) and a line of text that reads, "You are more than taken the place of the needless."

A surreal image featuring a floating, stylized eyeball with a prominent iris and pupil against a swirling pink and purple nebulous background. Below the eye, there are two ampersands (&) and a line of text that reads, "You are more than taken the place of the needless."

Not on view

Date
2014–2015

Classification
Video

Medium
Video, color, sound, 29:26 min.

Dimensions
Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Accession number
P.2016.14.4

Edition
1/30

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Promised gift of Robert Rosenkranz

Rights and reproductions
© Lorna Mills (Image credit: Rachael Archibald, Episode 4, Minute 5)

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Part of a series:

Ways of Something

4 works

A surreal scene with mannequins in various poses and costumes in a room with blue lighting. A neon sign reads "JOIN US NOW!" and a caption at the bottom states, "Here's a painting by Caravaggio."

A large red high-heeled shoe sculpture is displayed in an urban square with classic European architecture and a partly cloudy sky in the background. The words "we look" are superimposed at the bottom of the image.

A surreal image featuring a floating, stylized eyeball with a prominent iris and pupil against a swirling pink and purple nebulous background. Below the eye, there are two ampersands (&) and a line of text that reads, "You are more than taken the place of the needless."

Exhibitions

Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016

Oct 28, 2016–Feb 5, 2017

Lorna Mills
4 works in the collection

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