Dimensions: unconfirmed: 390 x 305 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Keith Arnatt | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Curator: This is Keith Arnatt's "Walking the Dog" from the Tate collection. The dimensions are roughly 390 by 305 millimeters. Editor: Oh, that's sweet, in a melancholy way. Both man and dog seem a bit...lost. Curator: I think you’ve hit on something interesting. Consider Arnatt's exploration of societal roles and the construction of the self within ordinary life. Editor: Yes, there's a stillness here, like a paused moment. I wonder what they were thinking. It makes you wonder about the narratives embedded in our daily rituals. Curator: Precisely. Arnatt invites us to question those very narratives. It’s about challenging the expected. Editor: I love the ambiguity. It's more of a poem than a statement. Curator: Absolutely. It really encourages us to think about the quiet acts of resistance that constitute our lives. Editor: The more I look, the more I get it. Makes me want to go on a long, reflective walk with a furry friend.
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Walking the Dog is a large series of black and white photographs of individuals standing outside with their dogs. While the locations depicted in the photographs vary from street pavements and country lanes to parks and gardens, all the images in this series share consistent formal characteristics: in each case the single owner stands full-length in the centre of the image facing the camera with the dog at their feet, and no other human or animal can be seen within the tightly framed square shot.
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