Self-Portrait (Naked in a Bathtub), 2017
Unique archival pigment print
40 x 40 inches
This latest offering of the blurred line between painting and photography leaves me wondering not only about its resurgence of colored monochrome but also about like artists with like interest. For a moment, I thought I was looking at a Phil Chang exhibition, matters compounded by the fact that a collaborative project with Chang (see previous post here) was in the adjacent project space of the very same gallery. That said, you would have to look for Chang elsewhere (see here) to see whatI mean. Confusions aside, what does it mean to distill a human image into a single pixel and meditate its specificities into a generalized, all-over, largely unified, mid-tone zone? A celebration of human life or a dirge about its passing? Given the grim tones, I suspect the latter. For, these are not the colors typically associated with bursting, energetic life.
Self Portrait (In My Mickey Sweatshirt), 2017
Unique archival pigment print
40 x 40 inches
Photography's search to find itself in real space having been displaced within the virtual spaces bred of digital technology is an interesting terrain to explore and these works seem to do that, at the very least even conjuring the thought which is sometimes good enough.
Portrait (Erin and Danny at Christmas Party), 2017
Unique archival pigment print
40 x 40 inches
Like being underwater unable to see "out" unable to assess the temperature of the water, hence immersion, but on a conceptual level more than anything manifestly physical.Unique yet equal. All things equalized. My own visage as a viewer held as a ghostly reflection in relation to the person represents. Is this an attempt at immersive photo installation or is it just me? Or just a happy accident of all three...?
Portrait (Eve and Nolan Sitting on the Roots of A Giant Bay Fig), 2017
Unique archival pigment print
40 x 40 inches
Portrait (Dean and Marcia Giving a Speech), 2017
Unique archival pigment print
40 x 40 inches
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