GALLERY A The Art of Manipulation Touchstone member photographers join painters and sculptors in skewing their vision and
manipulating images of the world they photograph.
Not exact matches
In a
world when
images of women are often
manipulated to appear flawless, Nixon's drawings offer a refreshing alternative.
How do we interpret and
manipulate images of the ordinary
world?
Being able to isolate,
manipulate and
image single & multiple cells in their natural environments is vital to researchers in many fields, notably those involved in drug discovery, early stage diagnosis and cellular force interactions making the addition
of FluidFM ® to the
world of AFM imaging and force spectroscopy an ideal pairing.
Although the films do not
manipulate time, their pace seems out
of sync with the accelerated speed
of the
world and the speed at which we are used to encountering
images.
Cánovas» seamless alternation between aspirational glamour and the visual language
of the everyday is reminiscent
of the flickering
of a film reel, each
image closely contemplated and carefully
manipulated before it is reborn to the
world.
As Zhang says, he is creating a «societal landscape,» one where, whether he is
manipulating an
image of a building in Chelsea or one half way around the
world in China, his aim is not to efface but to meld disparate concepts and histories, disparate types
of visual information, and make yet a third thing — a multifaceted, multi-media, object for contemplation.
Anna Elise Johnson's acrylic sculptures weave together seemingly disparate layers
of information into unified resin collages
of manipulated images originally sourced from official photographs
of meetings between multinational partners such as the
World Bank and various heads
of State.
Artist Statement In ON THE MOVE, Yvette Drury Dubinsky uses found then
manipulated images and old maps and through these comments on the recent and historical dispersions
of people around the
world.
Compiled from Flickr, with some color
manipulated slightly by Umbrico, the different moons represent the efforts
of photographers around the
world — amateur and professional alike — brought together as an archive that contemplates why we continue to produce
images of the same things and how we consume their digital representations.
They include: Portrait Photography, a genre that has largely replaced painted portraits; Pictorialism (fl.1885 - 1915) a type
of camera art in which the photographer
manipulates a regular photo in order to create an «artistic»
image; Fashion Photography (1880 - present) a type
of photography devoted to the promotion
of clothing, shoes, perfume and other branded goods; Documentary Photography (1860 - present), a type
of sharp - focus camerawork that captures a moment
of reality, so as to present a message about what is happening in the
world; and Street Photography (1900 - present), the art
of capturing chance interactions
of human activity in urban areas.
Louise Lawler is an influential member
of the Pictures Generation, a tight - knit group
of artists beginning in the «70s who provocatively
manipulated images to underscore how media influences our perceptions
of subjectivity and the
world.
Dwyer Kilcollin, b. 1983, lives in Los Angeles
Manipulating 2D imagery via algorithm, Kilcollin has garnered attention for her hand - cast relief sculptures that fuse the virtual and material
worlds — like her sculptures that recently graced a hillside
of Los Angeles and M+B Gallery, where
images of city views took the shape
of a book, binoculars, and a sweater, or the backpacks she debuted at the Armory Show last spring.
These compositions
of found
images, photographed scenes, and digitally
manipulated imagery create fantastical dream -
world landscapes.