With his E.I. series, Cairns has taken
the idea of photographic printing to new levels, creating works that present his dystopian city scenes petrified in e-reader screens.
Not exact matches
A recent series
of photographic inkjet
prints in the exhibition contests
ideas of how art mediums are understood to function.
The Gallery 145 wishes to continue this
idea of sharing work and
ideas of alternative distribution by hosting future
print swap events at upcoming
photographic gatherings.
Frazier
printed many
of the images in the show as «cyanotypes, a 19th century
photographic process that renders images in shades
of blue, referencing an architect's blueprint and the
idea of «blue collar» work.»
The exhibit is organized in more or less a chronological order, which is perfect for an artist who went through various stages — there was fascination with
photographic prints, silk screening, extensive collaboration with Merce Cunningham, sometimes with works created in real time as Cunningham's dancers trouped around, an
idea of interactive art, in which the viewers were encouraged to tune a radio embedded in a painting to any station they wanted (needless to say, you should not try that now), and so on.