LHA 120-N 51
W: 34.5" D: 1.25" H: 50.5"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
SOLD
Entitled "LHA 120-N 51," this colorful drawing offers a representation of the emission nebula LHA 120-N 51 of the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, located 150,000 light years away from Earth. The burning red intensity of the nebulae at the bottom of the picture illuminates wisps of gas and dark dust, each spanning many light-years. Moving up and across, bright stars become visible as sparse specks of light, giving the impression of pin-pricks in a cosmic cloak. Using optical data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Fokkens extracts the average color of each coordinate, and uses archival markers to represent it as a single line upon the photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on photo paper.
W: 34.5" D: 1.25" H: 50.5"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
SOLD
Entitled "LHA 120-N 51," this colorful drawing offers a representation of the emission nebula LHA 120-N 51 of the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, located 150,000 light years away from Earth. The burning red intensity of the nebulae at the bottom of the picture illuminates wisps of gas and dark dust, each spanning many light-years. Moving up and across, bright stars become visible as sparse specks of light, giving the impression of pin-pricks in a cosmic cloak. Using optical data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Fokkens extracts the average color of each coordinate, and uses archival markers to represent it as a single line upon the photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on photo paper.
W: 34.5" D: 1.25" H: 50.5"
Pigment Marker on Photo Paper
2020
SOLD
Entitled "LHA 120-N 51," this colorful drawing offers a representation of the emission nebula LHA 120-N 51 of the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, located 150,000 light years away from Earth. The burning red intensity of the nebulae at the bottom of the picture illuminates wisps of gas and dark dust, each spanning many light-years. Moving up and across, bright stars become visible as sparse specks of light, giving the impression of pin-pricks in a cosmic cloak. Using optical data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, Fokkens extracts the average color of each coordinate, and uses archival markers to represent it as a single line upon the photo paper. The result is a reductionist account of an unimaginable sight.
Framed. Pigment ink on photo paper.