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Untitled (Yellowstone, Swan Lake)

By placing himself within a landscape inspired by Hudson River School paintings, Cobi Moules seeks to ennoble what he calls the “experiences related to [his] trans and queer identity.” In the Western tradition, large landscapes communicated the overwhelming power of nature and God. Moules embraces that tradition while intentionally disrupting it with the introduction of many selves. Here, he responds to his upbringing, challenging the idea that his gender and sexual orientation are unnatural—against God. Moules multiplies his own body, consuming the entirety of the landscape, attempting to redefine his relationship to God and nature.

ArtistaCobi Moules(b. 1980)
Fecha2014
MedioOil on canvas
Dimensiones36 x 46 x 2 in. (91.4 x 116.8 x 5.1 cm)
Línea de créditoCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2020.97
ClasificaciónPainting
Procedencia(Carroll and Sons, Boston, MA); purchased by GAE LLC, Bentonville, AR, 2014 (in conjunction with the 2014 Crystal Bridges exhibition State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now); transferred to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR 2020
En exhibición
Untitled (Yellowston…36 × 46 in.Tennis Ball2.7 in. diameter

This artwork's face covers about 227× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.