Sunday, March 27, 2011

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it...


Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist


Jo Spence went on to explore her childhood experience within her own photographic work. ...she staged possible family pictures in a dramatic performance of concealed relationships and submerged emotion. The work developed into a practice she described as a form of therapy, working through traumatic moments and reliving the intensities of childhood...(Spence 1987) Chap. 3, page 158.

This image relates to Spence's quote because my work incorporates multi-layered meanings and I combine re-enacted moments with symbolic meaning to expand on "memory work" of childhood traumas and tracing identity. 

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it...





Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist


As a continuation of as i remember it..., I incorporate multi-layers combining 
re-enacted moments with symbolic meaning to expand on "memory work" of childhood traumas and tracing identity. This image was selected due to its many reads. 

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it...

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist


As a continuation of as i remember it..., I incorporate multi-layers combining 
re-enacted moments with symbolic meaning to expand on "memory work" of childhood traumas and tracing identity. The constant struggle portrayed is why I selected this image.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it...



Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist

Developed for, as i remember it…, I use objects to transfer recalled memories of childhood traumatic events. 

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it...


Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist

Developed for, as i remember it…, the recollection of childhood memories contains both visual and physical imprints. 

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it...


Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist

Developed for, as i remember it…, this image recalls a memory of waiting, wondering and not being sure of who I should be, an inner struggle. 

Robert Mapplethorpe


Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon, 1980
http://www.mapplethorpe.org/portfolios/female-nudes/


from The Mapplethorpe Foundation


Similar to Dijkstra, Mapplethorpe uses the body and individual but seen as an object of desire rather than classification of a group. Yes, this group of images is specifically female but it does not describe a particular group of women. The subject matter or body focuses more on form rather than content or meaning surrounding the figure. 

Rineke Dijkstra: Park Portraits




Rineke Dijkstra, Parque De La Ciudadela, Barcelona, June 4, 2005
http://www.mariangoodman.com/exhibitions/2007-01-17_rineke-dijkstra/

from Marian Goodman Gallery
17 January - 17 February, 2007

Dijkstra uses the body to speak of a world experience and depicts bodies as social and changeable, transformed by experience. As bodies in transition she is classifying individuals or groups by the outer surfaces of the body. 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…


Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist



The work developed for, as i remember it…, acts as a form of therapy, working through traumatic moments and reliving the intensities of childhood. These memories are rarely comfortable, a calm exterior of a turbulent inner experience as the subject matter.

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…

Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist


The work developed for, as i remember it…, acts as a form of therapy, working through traumatic moments and reliving the intensities of childhood. These memories are rarely comfortable, a calm exterior of a turbulent inner experience as the subject matter.


Brenda LaBier: as i remember it...


Brenda LaBier: as i remember it…
Untitled, 2011. © Studio65. Courtesy of the artist



The work developed for, as i remember it…, acts as a form of therapy, working through traumatic moments and reliving the intensities of childhood. These memories are rarely comfortable, a calm exterior of a turbulent inner experience as the subject matter.

Shinichi Maruyama: Gardens



Shinichi Maruyama Gardens, Garden #1, 2010
Archival pigment print
37 3/4 x 72 inches
Ed. of 7

from Bruce Silverstein
17 February - 2 April, 2011

I selected this work in regards to the artist's actions of repeatedly throwing liquid into the air and photographing the resulting shapes and sculptural formations. The lighting and uncertain compositions are elegant and rich. 


Christian Boltanski: MONUMENT


Christian Boltanski /MONUMENT, 1986
Mixed media
64 x 54 in. 
The Carol and Arthur Goldberg Collection.
http://www.objectsofdevotionanddesire.com/artists/boltanski.html

from Objects of Devotion and Desire

I was attracted to this because of the artist's use of mixed media and that it addresses ambiguous memories.  

Philip-Lorca diCorcia: ELEVEN


Philip-Lorca diCorcia, W, September 1997, #5, 1997
Archival pigment print
Framed: 39 x 49 inches 
Ed. of 15



from David Zwirner
10 February - 5 March, 2011

I selected this image because it reflects an image that I'm creating in regards to twinning and dualities.