Not exact matches
As Collier points out, the taking and making of
photographic images requires constant
manipulation.
Architects photograph models and then «place» their buildings on the site via
photographic manipulation, making structural changes
as the reproduced surroundings dictate.
Whereas the painters in Nature Studies I may have found creative impetus from photographically - reproduced work or used it
as part of their method, these eight artists employ a host of respective
photographic processes that, for the most part, draw our attention to the concerns, formats and styles typically seen in and expected of painting such
as the artifice of arrangement, the
manipulation of formal elements, and the projection of symbolic meaning or narrative content.
They approach the street not
as detached observers but
as engaged participants by turning to portraiture, urbanscapes, serial photography, or unconventional
manipulations of the
photographic image.
His
photographic manipulations are included in notable public and private collections such
as The J. Paul Getty Center, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, The Cleveland Clinic, Palm Springs Art Museum and Elmhurst Art Museum.
The artist employs
photographic reference images, movie stills, fabricated tabletop «sets» and
manipulations of scale
as starting points for his technical exploration.
While poles apart visually, the two series excerpted in Stan Douglas's 14th solo appearance at David Zwirner through April 7 have more in common than may initially appear; both are products of sophisticated processes of
manipulation, and both position the
photographic medium
as an arena in which the staged and the real (however that's defined) are not simply pitted against one another, but are fused into new and confounding wholes.