She explores the traditional forms of
photographic representation while using conventional analog techniques with an uncanny effect; her art rendering...
Not exact matches
Providing unexpected
representations of common objects ranging from bird nests to fabric to crumpled
photographic paper, West often provides a deeper look at the details of his subjects
while pushing their image to the edge of abstraction.
Catherine Opie's, «Divinity Fudge» hangs next to «Vaginal Davis» which both form part of the «Portrait»
photographic series, formed from 1993 to 1997
while she was exploring the
representation of the figure in gender politics and the sado - masochistic leather subculture in California.
Only certain parts of original
representation remain visible,
while much of the
photographic surface is covered by displaced pixelated content.
The multi-layered manner in which she combines these interventions,
while experimental and often intuitive, converges on a conceptual logic of choreographing and staging not just surfaces, but the conditions of
photographic representation.
While the expanse of the mine is vast, calling attention to the massive excavation, recreated in the platinum used to make the
photographic print, a kind of doubling recurs through the material and its
representation, both here and throughout Starling's method.
While early photographers pushed the boundaries of the medium to represent a Black world of hope and dignity, contemporary artists celebrate and extend that legacy, engaging in a dialogue about the nature of memory and
photographic representation in relation to personal history.