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Tonight! Phot(o)bject opening at Lawrimore Project
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Since the development of photography in the early 20th Century, the photograph has held the promise of portraying "real life." For just as long, artists have toyed with this cliche, as evidenced by everything from the Cottingley fairies (they're real! honest!), to the contemporary images of Cindy Sherman or Jeff Wall.
In the last several years, digital images have proliferated, providing us with a new photographic realism. Through blogs, YouTube, and Twitter, the digital snapshot has become the standard for modern photography. The shaky or blurred image conveys more realism than any talking head intoning, "As you can see, behind me here..." Despite this resurgence of the photographic image, the form still seems outmoded, if only for one reason: the images remain two dimensional.
Phot(o)bject, the show that opens tonight at Lawrimore Project, again challenges the notion of the static realism of the photograph. Assembled in conjunction with Presentation House Gallery of Vancouver, B.C., on display are dynamic reinterpretations of the photographic image, rendered in three dimensions. This is photography and sculpture. Photographs are plastered on paint cans and stacked to create new images, others are shredded beyond recognition and gathered in plastic bags. Each of the 20 participating artists has found a different way to reimagine the two dimensional photograph. Is this the new direction for contemporary photography?
For more info:
Phot(o)bject
June 24 - August 1
Opening reception with remarks by the curator:
Wednesday, June 24, 6-9pm
Lawrimore Project
831 Airport Way South
Seattle, Washington 98134
Phot(o)bject
June 24 - August 1
Opening reception with remarks by the curator:
Wednesday, June 24, 6-9pm
Lawrimore Project
831 Airport Way South
Seattle, Washington 98134
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