Laurie Kang
Thursday, 16 June 2011
Work from her oeuvre.
“My practice is based in film photography, collage, sculpture and installation. I employ the photographic image’s ability to capture an image and present it as an apparently true document in time and history. Using both created and found images and objects, I merge fact with fiction, distorting and challenging perceptions of reality, dimension and space. Merging 2D with 3D – photography, collage, sculpture and installation, I explore a staged abstraction using the camera, paper, and found and created objects to make images that focus on symbolism, composition, colour and shape. Following elementary rules of design, more complex questions of space and reality are formed in contrast. The resulting images evoke tensions between fact and fiction, ultimately blurring their distinctions as they become sur-realities with ambiguous open narratives.” Laurie Kang