In an ancient account of painting s origins, a woman traces the shadow of her departing lover on the wall in an act that anticipates future grief and commemoration. Lisa Saltzman shows here that nearly two thousand years after this story was first told, contemporary artists are returning to similar strategies of remembrance, ranging from vaudevillian silhouettes and sepulchral casts to incinerated architectures and ghostly processions. Exploring these artists work, Saltzman demonstrates that their methods have now eclipsed painting and traditional sculpture as preeminent forms of...
In an ancient account of painting s origins, a woman traces the shadow of her departing lover on the wall in an act that anticipates future grief a...
In the digital age, photography confronts its future under the competing signs of ubiquity and obsolescence. While technology has allowed amateurs and experts alike to create high-quality photographs in the blink of an eye, new electronic formats have severed the original photochemical link between image and subject. At the same time, recent cinematic photography has stretched the concept of photography and raised questions about its truth value as a documentary medium. Despite this situation, photography remains a stubbornly substantive form of evidence: referenced by artists, filmmakers,...
In the digital age, photography confronts its future under the competing signs of ubiquity and obsolescence. While technology has allowed amateurs and...
"Published by the Clark Art Institute on the occasion of the exhibition Jennifer Steimkamp, presented at the Clark Art Institute from June 29 to October 8, 2018."
"Published by the Clark Art Institute on the occasion of the exhibition Jennifer Steimkamp, presented at the Clark Art Institute from June 29 to Octob...
