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Melanie Willhide
With the Exception of Blue2013

Not on view
Composite color photograph layering inverted, repeated close-ups of a woman's open-mouthed face over translucent pink and cream dahlia blooms against a powder blue-gray ground, with digital slicing effects fragmenting the hair
Artist or Maker
Melanie Willhide
United States, Manchester, Connecticut, born 1975, active Los Angeles
Title
With the Exception of Blue
Date Made
2013
Medium
Inkjet print (dye based)
Dimensions
Image (sight): 41 1/2 × 36 3/8 in. (105.41 × 92.39 cm) Primary support (sight): 41 1/2 × 36 3/8 in. (105.41 × 92.39 cm) Frame: 43 × 38 × 2 in. (109.22 × 96.52 × 5.08 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by LENS: Photography Council, 2016
Accession Number
M.2016.202
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography
Selected Bibliography
  • Salvesen, Britt, Staci Steinberger, and Christianne Hanych, editors. Digital Witness: Revolutions in Design, Photography, and Film. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.