Comprising a hundred and fifty works, the exhibition in Milton Keynes recreates some of the artist's seminal photographic shows from New York in the early to mid 1980s, charting the development of his abstract language and experimentation
with photographic effects.
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with a
photographic or even painted mural, whether or not it looks like an actual view of the outdoors.
Paradoxically, his backgrounds tend to be filled
with realistic detail, almost
photographic at times, which gives the surreal
effect of animated characters existing in a real world.
Kubrick starts
with special
effects shots, then moves on to
photographic process ones.
Utilizing a cut - and - paste animation style
with a
photographic edge to recreate scenes from Hicks's life, usually to cheeky
effect, American turns some 90 minutes of interview footage into a smooth, illustrated, altogether agreeable narrative that is chock - full of anecdotes and achieves a genuine intimacy without resorting to hero - worship (only the occasionally lame visual, such as the whitewashed depictions of tripping during Bill's mushroom blowouts at Kevin Booth's ranch, weaken the device).
But its eerie
photographic effects, off - beat narrative and stylish direction set it apart from its contemporaries and mark it as the work of an auteur
with a clear, specific vision.
Additional highlights include Helen Frankenthaler's Belfry and February Turn (both 1979), which mimic the look and feel of Abstract Expressionism yet in truth represent a rupture
with that tradition through the use of a staining technique that seemingly minimizes the artist's role in the process; Frank Stella's Double Scramble (1978), whose nested squares, color contrasts, and pulsing optical
effects bridge the artist's early minimalism and later illusionism; and Robert Rauschenberg's Golden Chalice (1989) which, insofar as it marries abstraction and representation and juxtaposes gestural brushwork and
photographic media, affords a crucial link to late 20th - century abstraction.
Other works such as the series Blushes 2000 - ongoing, made without a camera by manipulating the
effects of light directly on
photographic paper, show how the artist's work
with abstraction continues to push the boundaries and definitions of the
photographic form.
Appropriated from the Library of Congress»
photographic archive, the images depict adolescent textile workers — primarily young women
with physically misshapen backs — that Hine photographed to illustrate the damaging
effects of textile manufacturing on the spine.
Dissatisfied
with the results and wanting «something stronger that gave more of an assembly - line
effect,» he employed his newest discovery, the
photographic silkscreen process.
With a collagist's puzzle - part invention, Souders has fashioned a personal poetics, both quirky and sublime, around the objects and residual
photographic effects she coaxes into her work.
He is also planning donations of oversize works to several museums, including «Other Voices for a Second Slight,» Vito Acconci's 1974 three - room installation combining speech
with lighting
effects, architectural elements and
photographic collage.
In order to create works
with a bold vintage
effect, the duo utilised one of the oldest techniques in
photographic history: the collodion wet plate.
Organized for Mercer Union by independent curator Elke Town, Dark / Light will feature the work of three artists concerned
with the nature and
effect of
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She explores the traditional forms of
photographic representation while using conventional analog techniques
with an uncanny
effect; her art rendering...
Organized for Mercer Union by independent curator Elke Town, Dark / Light will feature the work of three artists concerned
with the nature and
effect of
photographic and filmic representation.
Whereas Gerhard Richter's gray photorealist paintings create
photographic effects, the surface of Lutter's images have the physical presence of oil paint loaded
with lead and aluminum.
He subtly changed his style through the years, using
photographic images for a kaleidoscopic
effect and painting
with thicker pigment and more whimsical visual patterns.
As is well known, artists such as Cindy Sherman and Louise Lawler emerged in the late 1970s
with work that
effected a critique of representation through the détournement of
photographic and filmic tropes.
Boost visual interest
with the great patterns,
photographic images and faux
effects of these wall coverings