Artwork copyright Peter Goin. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Artwork copyright Peter Goin. Photo courtesy of Washington State Arts Commission, 2017.

Search for Identity, 1994

Peter Goin
American (born 1951)

Location: Skagit Valley College - Whidbey Island, Oak Harbor

About the Artwork

'In Search of Identity' is part of artist Peter Goin’s series “Mural Narrative Photograms.” This piece features the shadows of human figures, surrounded by paper cut-outs to tell a story. Ttwo large crouching figures hold their arms extended. Smaller figures jump, climb, and fall around the larger ones. A photogram is created without using a camera. Objects are placed directly onto photo-sensitive paper. Then a bright light is used to expose and darken the paper around each object’s outline.

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Skagit Valley College.

About the Artist

Photographer and video artist Peter Goin is a professor of art at the University of Nevada, Reno. Many of his artworks explore man's impact on the natural landscape.