Ebbe Stub Wittrup Work from his After Space Odyssey. “All the works in the series are locations from the science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968 by the director Stanley Kubrick. One scene in the film was meant to show the planet Jupiter, and the island of Harris in the Outer Hebrides most […]
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Matthias Ballestrem and Anton Burdakov
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Matthias Ballestrem and Anton Burdakov Work from Built on Promises. “The promise of the photograph is the experience of the represented. But it goes beyond that; Through our eyes, images point past their ability to represent reality. Often exceeding the objects they capture in ability to hold our attention, photographs become the object of desire. […]
Robert Cumming
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Robert Cumming Work from his oeuvre. “Robert Cumming’s work explores photography’s claim to truth telling. He has a background in sculpture and uses his skills to “construct” the subject matter of his photographs. His themes include interruptions in landscape and logic, the reappraisal of everyday objects, ironic reversals of the expected, illusionism and magic, and […]
Tyler Los-Jones
Sunday, 4 March 2012
Tyler Los-Jones Work from Time Scales. “My recent photographs explore overlaps in technological and ecological timescales. Specifically, I’m interested in the perceived disconnect between timescales and the effect this separation has on our decision-making in relation to ecological issues. These disconnects are represented in the work either through a minor intervention in a found image […]
Ori Gersht
Monday, 27 February 2012
Ori Gersht Work from Blow Up and Time After Time. “The large-scale photographs entitled Blow Up depict elaborate floral arrangements, based upon a 19th Century still-life painting by Henri Fantin-Latour, captured in the moment of exploding. Gersht´s compositions are literally frozen in motion, a process dependent on the ability of the advanced technology of photography […]
Josue Rauscher
Saturday, 25 February 2012
Josue Rauscher Work from his oeuvre. “I have a recurring attraction to architecture, furniture exhibition, the objects may be poor as sculptures involuntary. With the materials recovered or derived from the world of DIY, I create sculptures low-tech resulting from a chain of connections formal and simple gestures. They are usually accompanied by images that […]
Heather Cleary
Thursday, 16 February 2012
Heather Cleary Work from her oeuvre. “Reality can be impossible to pin down, and these images intend to further explore this notion. I work at home with domestic objects such as side tables, fruit, magazines and houseplants. By selecting, modifying, segmenting, and/or isolating items from their context, I pull objects from utility into abstraction. I […]
Dirk Braeckman
Wednesday, 15 February 2012
Dirk Braeckman Work from his oeuvre. “When we see photographs by the Belgian artist Dirk Braeckman installed in museums, we seem to be looking at photographs that aspire to the condition of painting. They are large — he likes them to be life-size. They are unglazed— he wants no interruption to the eye. They demand […]
Emma Spertus
Friday, 10 February 2012
Emma Spertus Work from “Spirit of the age“. “Spirit of the Age is a new piece made for a group show called Shift and Flow, currently on view at Dorsky Gallery in Long Island City, NY. This piece is the third in a series of installations inspired by our relationship with 1980’s modern architecture as seen through empty spaces, like […]
Breach
Monday, 6 February 2012
Breach @ Rod Barton Gallery “Rod Barton Gallery is pleased to present Breach, an exhibition focusing on four young artists who embrace photography’s plasticity and it’s ability to exist in multiple contexts. Taking advantage of the medium’s inherent instability, they further explore and challenge our understanding of the medium. The title refers to both a […]