The aesthetic of me not being there
Adam Fuss, Untitled, From the series 'My Ghost', 2000
Adam Fuss, Untitled, 2009
Adam Fuss, For Allegra, 2009
Adam Fuss, Untitled, From the series 'My Ghost', 2001
Adam Fuss, Untitled, From the series 'My Ghost', 1999
Adam Fuss, For Allegra, 2009
Adam Fuss, For Allegra, 2009
Adam Fuss, Untitled, 2007
Adam Fuss, Untitled, 1998
Adam Fuss, Love, 1993
Adam Fuss, Untitled, 2003
Adam Fuss, Untitled, 2003
Adam Fuss, Medusa, from the series 'Home and the World', 2010
Adam Fuss, Untitled, From the series 'Home and the World', 2010
Adam Fuss, Alphabet, From the series 'Home and the World', 2010
The aesthetic of me not being there
"One doesn't have complete controle over the individual picture in the way one steps back. The force that makes the picture, the actual construction of the picture is not made by the hand it is made by the law of nature, the form that the nature takes. But one creates the situation that allows to take place. So there is a great degree of taken the helm. But there is also a situation where it is beyond, it is like another world. So there is no way you can do that. I like the aesthetic of me not being there, of the being no helm, of the looking like that there is no one there..."
(Artist's Statement: source)
Watch Shadow Catchers: Camera-less Photography - Adam Fuss
images found at artgallery, V&A, artnet, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Articles:
"So, we are not meant to learn anything from the work but are encouraged at every turn to be seduced by and appreciate the pure wonder and beauty of nature. In this work, as in alchemy, there are accidents that the artist has discovered and exploited." (source: NY Arts)
"Adam Fuss seems to realize that one of the challenges faced by the photographer uninterested in taking pictures of the world's endless complexity is to make the medium's physical properties and processes an exciting part of the final image. (...) One of their achievements is to give the essential wonder of photography -- its capacity for both literal translation and total transformation -- a primitive directness that is also startlingly contemporary, especially as enhanced by a large scale and brilliant color." (source: NYT)
"Adam Fuss seems to realize that one of the challenges faced by the photographer uninterested in taking pictures of the world's endless complexity is to make the medium's physical properties and processes an exciting part of the final image. (...) One of their achievements is to give the essential wonder of photography -- its capacity for both literal translation and total transformation -- a primitive directness that is also startlingly contemporary, especially as enhanced by a large scale and brilliant color." (source: NYT)
Sophie, you went and did it again! Another great post. I've been with Fuss's work in museums. They pulse. As does your selection here. Mighty thanks. Sharing at word pond, with delight. ~ Donna
ReplyDeleteLucky you! I am still waiting for the opportunity to see his work in a gallery. You have to watch the video I am linking to. It reveals a bit of the process these works go through - it is really magical!
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