Why Photography Matters (as Art) as ever Before:
Fried~Modernism
Realism Modernism conceptual 'other'
conceptual concerns
ontological issues
'tobeseenness'
theatricality-between representation & presentation
beholding/&or objecthood
absorption & theatricality
relationship between viewed & viewer
~'near documentary'- depiction of straight photography, pictorial construction, factual
~absortive mode- inner engagement, a key figure in a image is involved in a private activity, a contemplative mode regardless of the presence of other figures.
'near documentary'
Jeff Wall, A sudden Gust of Wind, 1993
'painted drama' Theoretical Large-scale photographic transparency in a light box
Jeffris Elliott, Islamic Woman Ascending Stairs, 2007Does not consider this work documentary, but an interpretation of the Middle East world.
Jeffris Elliott, Afghani Praying in Desert, 2008
A visual narrative, which explores the idea of constructed reality to discuss gender, identity and domesticity.
Jessica Bruah, Untitled #4 from "Stories", 2003
Jessica Bruah, Untitled #4 from "Stories", 2003
1 comment:
I love the work of Jessica Bruah. I was wondering how you classify her work according to the terms discussed by Fried....
Is it absorption because you cannot see the faces and it seems that the viewer is just observing an action or theatrical because it seems staged and as if it is being acted out??
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