Friday, February 27, 2009
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Disassociation
One of the most entertaining things about openings and listening to people talk about my work is the assumptions they make about their location. A large part of this comes from the vast selection of Brutalist and other modern structures on almost every university campus and many city civic centers across the US and the entire world.
When I was picking up work this week the gallery director was asking the locations because one patron was certain that one image was from a new hip restaurant they recently ate at. The image was in fact a large church. I intentionally strip my images and titles of clear identifiers to preserve and exaggerate the anonymity.
One of my greatest fears is the destruction of this architecture (especially if i never get to experience and photograph it). Jörg Colberg discusses two of the major American landmarks of Architectural Brutalism in a post today, a reaction to this Wall Street Journal Story.
When I was picking up work this week the gallery director was asking the locations because one patron was certain that one image was from a new hip restaurant they recently ate at. The image was in fact a large church. I intentionally strip my images and titles of clear identifiers to preserve and exaggerate the anonymity.
One of my greatest fears is the destruction of this architecture (especially if i never get to experience and photograph it). Jörg Colberg discusses two of the major American landmarks of Architectural Brutalism in a post today, a reaction to this Wall Street Journal Story.
Labels: Architecture, Brutalist, Jörg Colberg