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In 1986 Burgin made a celebrated series of photographic works based on Hopper’s picture, in which the secretary explores the office around her. Burgin will describe his working relationship to Hopper and the contemporary concerns which informed his own Office At Night series.
‘The picture was probably first suggested by many rides on the ‘L’ train in New York City after dark and glimpses of office interiors that were so fleeting as to leave fresh and vivid impressions on my mind’, Hopper wrote of his famous painting Office at Night 1940. The British artist Victor Burgin has suggested that the image of a female secretary and male boss can be read in terms of ‘the organization of sexuality for capitalism’. In 1986 Burgin made a celebrated series of photographic works based on Hopper’s picture, in which the secretary explores the office around her. Burgin will describe his working relationship to Hopper and the contemporary concerns which informed his own Office At Night series.
Speaker(s): |
Victor Burgin | talks |
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Date and Time: |
15 June 2004 at 6:30 pm |
Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
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Venue: |
Tate Modern |
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Tickets: |
£5.00 (£3.50 concession) |
Available from: |
Phone 020 7887 8888 or book online |
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