Columbus, Penelope, Delilah was made while Wagner was commissioned to develop a new body of work for the re-opening of the DeYoung Museum in 2005. Wagner-working from the cold storage collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco-created installations of sculptures, forming new tableaus specifically to be photographed. Re- contextualizing the sculptures within their crating systems serves as yet another system to reframe histories as they have been previously told. Columbus, Penelope, Delilah unveils new narratives forming hybrid histories allowing the viewer fictive possibilities for interpretation. A limited edition of 10 prints will accompany a special collector's edition set of Place History and the Archive . A signed 11" x 14" archival pigment print of Columbus Penelope Delilah (2005) from the series Re-classifying History will come with the book housed in a special edition slipcase.
