Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Lying to the viewer

Dog, Accidentally Kansas Lori Nix



Thanks to Gallery Hopper for this post featuring a studio visit with Lori Nix. With all of the discussion of truth and reality surrounding photographs I find it's useful (and in her case delightful) to take the occasional hard left turn.
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  1. I posted that link as a near throw-away, without having actually viewed it, but after watching, I found Nix's working process to be fascinating. I had initially wondered what the camera brought to the work and why she wasn't just a sculptor or mixed=media artist. Was there a true difference between the crafted opbject and the object-as-photographed. I think after viewing, I can say the photographed object is quite different. (Plus, she isn't actually making the diorama's herself.)

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  2. I'm glad you posted it. I have been intrigued by her creations. That moment of "What am I seeing?". Getting a glimpse at the process and her intentional, playful suspension of reality in order to stay home enhances my appreciation. Is it the photographic equivalent of the difference between a journalist and a novelist?

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