Summary
Incident is a colour photograph showing the remains of a burnt out car on the verge of a country road. It is one of a series of images of abandoned cars Doherty began making in the early 1990s. This photograph was produced in an edition of three; Tate’s copy is the second in the edition. The car in the image is no more than a shell: its windows and tires have been destroyed. It sits abandoned on the roadside with its right door slightly ajar. The bare metal frame of the driver’s seat is visible through the back window. The interior has otherwise been stripped by fire and looters. Resting on its chassis the car looks as if it is half under water… (read more)
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