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Emulation

Currently between Smithson and Hilliard. Breakdown and example work to come.

Gideon Bok

A mathmatically precise painter with influences drawn from the abstract impressionists, Gideon Bok is know for large scale images of idealized space. The objective of much of Bok's work is to incorporate several spaces into a singular cohesive image. His efforts to conquers space and form with paint result in vibrant and recognizable forms that make sacrifice no painterly qualities. A native of New England, Bok works out of a studio in Rockland, Maine, where he works a family farm between sessions with the canvas. His wide-angle views may encompass as much as two-hundred-degrees of space, calculated to provide an accurate fish-eye effect. The way Bok manipulates the picture plane turns straight lines into smooth curves and perpendicular walls into loosely hinged planes. He is soft-spoken but sociable, often inviting friends and peers into his studio, where they would relax and enjoy the atmosphere, and a fridge stocked with beer, as Bok incorporated their forms into his work. Some of his work is displayed as "dynamic triptychs," in which the individual frames may be swapped or repositioned, but no matter what the image, Bok takes to his wife's advice and, "paints the shit out of it."

Top Ten Persecuted Artists

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2063218_2063273_2063223,00.html

Mappelthorpe comes in at #9.

partial holga/bronica

the familiar.

greenhouse_edits

Slideshow Contacts

Untitled 35mm Scans

Link to some Macro

http://1x.com/photo/37041

insects etc.

Infrared

This image is from a series of images shot by Richard Mosse using film developed for military use. The film was originally intended to identify sites for bombing, as structures and human objects are exempt from the bright pink hue the film assigns to vegetation. This would allow for easy identification of targets otherwise blent in with dense foliage. Mosse's Infra work brings light to violence, covering strife in war ravaged Congo.

The film, Kodak Aerochrome, can be developed with same E-6 process as the color slide film.

Chris Jordan

Chris Jordan's "Running the Numbers" is a work of the digital age, possible through the use of a computer, inkjet printing, and what is undoubtedly some clever programming. Skull with Cigarette 2007 depicts 200,000 boxes of cigarettes, which Jordan's website claims equal to the cigarette industry's semi-annual death toll. Further images cite statistics about plastic cups, commercial flights, junk mail, bankruptcy and the US military budget. An image of Ben Franklin comprised of one-hundred-and-twenty-five-thousand $100 bills, the equivalent of $12.5 million dollars, represents the cost hourly cost of operations in Iraq. There is a cleverness and a message in this work, but my initial infatuation wore off as the systematic nature of the images became disappointing. They began to feel machined, it became obvious they were little more than algorithms and the magic wore off. The numbers, which begin as both staggering and alarming, become distracting. It is too bad the true scale of what Jordan is trying to communicate is so difficult to qualify visually. Regardless of some noticeable pixels and some other shortcomings, some inherent to digital media, I appreciate the exhibit, there is a message backing the work. Jordan's concentrated effort to bring attention to relevant issues represents a voice that is losing its position amidst the din of modern media.

http://www.chrisjordan.com/gallery/rtn/#car-keys