'Casual Passer-by I met at 1.43 PM, Venice 1976', Braco Dimitrijevic

Artwork details

Artist

Braco Dimitrijevic (born 1948)

Title

Casual Passer-by I met at 1.43 PM, Venice 1976

Date 1976

MediumPhotograph, black and white, on canvas, photograph, black and white, on paper and certificate on paper

Dimensionsdisplay dimensions variable

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Presented by Tate International Council 2007

Reference

T12557

Not on display

Summary

Casual Passer-By I Met at 1.43 PM, Venice 1976 consists of three elements. The very large black and white photograph on canvas, which was made for the 1976 Venice Biennale, was originally displayed on the façade of the Ca’ Guistinian Palace on the Grand Canal (reproduced in Hegyi, p.61). The photograph features the unsmiling face of a man, taken in the style of a passport photograph. The other elements are a black and white photograph on paper, showing the canvas hanging on the building, and a handwritten certificate on paper featuring the title of the work and providing information about where and at what time Dimitrijević met the person.

T12557 is part of Dimitrijević’s Casual Passer-By series, which he began in 1971. Each work in the series features a large-scale headshot photograph of a person that the artist met at random in the street. The title of each work records the exact time and place that Dimitrijević met the person, but generally not the exact date. The photographs were placed in prominent positions on the façades of museum buildings, or in public places such as in the underground or on advertisement displays in the street. The smaller photograph and certificate are intended to be displayed in the gallery, providing information about the work that is not physically present… (read more)