Mitch Robertson, Lochness Landscapes, Castle and Mountain Across, 2002/2003 Virtual Museum of Canada
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This water-colour landscape vista of Loch Ness shows trees in the foreground, water and a sailboat in the background.

Mitch Robertson, Lochness Landscapes, Castle and Mountain Across, 2002/2003

Images in the Series:The picturesque, post-card image is re-defined in this banal water-colour image of a landscape. Loch Ness, a popular tourist destination is represented here by the lake itself with boat, trees and mountain in the background. The artist reveals the ultimate banality of this tourist destination.This water-colour landscape vista of Loch Ness shows trees in the foreground, water and a sailboat in the background.This Water-colour landscape shows an image of a lake with mountain and trees. The artist zeroes in more closely on the site itself, exposing the banality of this popular tourist space.This water-colour shows a castle in the foreground with water and a mountain in the background. With this image, the artist mocks the typical tourists delusion that the place is unique. Unless you are familiar with the site itself, this could be a pastoral landscape of any castle in Europe.Using web cam imagery of the Loch Ness area in Scotland, the artist endows this banal image of boats on a lake surrounded by mountains with an imposed sense of uniqueness.

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