Archives for posts tagged ‘photography’

John Houck

John Houck Work from his oeuvre. “In the world of photographic art, what matters more than where you focus your lens? We all see skylines, but which section interests the photographer most? We all see people, but which people, which part of a person, claims the image? Photographers show us the world through their eyes. […]

Jessica Eaton

Jessica Eaton Work from her oeuvre. “Her work explores what photography is and can be, looking at the themes of light, time and spatial relations. Creating images of geometry and colour that play with the viewers perceptions, all Eaton’s images are created in-camera. No post at all. Which is pretty impressive, especially with the photographs […]

Jaroslav Kyša

Jaroslav Kyša Work from his oeuvre. “Direct observations of my surroundings, which I modify and mould via installations and action. These arise according to current situations of a city, place or how I feel. As a specific source of inspiration, the interest in ways of executing and logic of creation process. The time spent in […]

J. Parker Valentine

J. Parker Valentine Work from her oeuvre. “‘Could a photograph be something that you have scanned; is that a type of photograph?’ J. Parker Valentine posed this question to me upon my invitation to contribute to this project, and I realized the complexities of answering yes or no. I once taught an experimental drawing class […]

Walid Raad

Walid Raad / The Atlas Group Work from The Sweet talk File. “The Atlas Group is a fictional collective, the work of which is produced by Walid Raad. His works to date include video, photography and literary essays. All, in one way or another, deal with the contemporary history of Lebanon with particular emphasis on […]

Ger Van Elk

Ger Van Elk Work from The Co-Founder of the Work O.K. “Ger van Elk, an artist whose fascination with man’s role in modern landscape once led him to travel a canal via a small rubber dinghy and, later, navigate the Atlantic, has contributed a series of three color photographs, collectively titled The Co-Founder of the […]

Phil Collins

Phil Collins Work from his oeuvre. “In all the different strands of his practice Collins investigates the perils of representation and the emotional core of such seemingly transparent media as video and photography. Instinctively distrustful of the camera and its effects, yet responsive to its potential as an instigator of relationships, his works often revolve […]

Hannah Whitaker

Hannah Whitaker Work from Victory over the Sun!. “Much of the work takes visual cues from pioneering formalists, but does so at a critical distance. The show borrows the visual clarity of basic shapes and a de-saturated palette from these artists, but uses this language to its own end, poking affectionate fun at their anachronistic […]

Jeff McLane

Jeff McLane Work from his oeuvre. “My current body of work is an on-going project focusing on image capture technology and photo abstraction. As my previous projects have focused on social landscape, my new project uses a more camera-controlled environment, producing a non-serial body of work – a first for myself. Utilizing image subjects such […]

Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys

  Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys Work from Objects as Friends. “The Belgian artists Jos de Gruyter (*1965 in Geel, lives in Brussels) und Harald Thys (*1966 in Wilrijk, lives in Brussels) celebrate slowness and the absurd in their videos and photographs. Their compellingly atmospheric video installations are characterized by an extreme elongation of […]