Oar Or Ore: Lucas Blalock
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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ferguson, Russell 1956- (Author), Fields, John 1938- (Author), Figner, Susanne (Author), James, Jamillah 1980- (Author), Taylor, Phil (Author)
Other Authors: Blalock, Lucas 1978- (Photographer)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Kleve Museum Kurhaus Kleve [2023?]
Belgium die Keure Printing and Publishing 2023
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Abstract:The acclaimed New York-based photographer Lucas Blalock (born 1978) creates surreal still lifes, often digitally manipulated. From bundles of raw hot dogs to watermelons smothered by plastic wrap to cactus leaves duplicated many times over, Blalock’s eye-catching tableaux reveal more bizarre details the longer one looks. The intentionally ham-fisted photographic manipulations are created in Photoshop after Blalock shoots with a large-format camera on film and then scans the images. The result is a layered network of colorful visual references, careening from the tragicomic to the absurd as they depict everyday objects in unfamiliar contexts. Underlying all of his work is Blalock’s eagerness to revel in the inherent failure connected to any attempt to revive the avant-garde. The artist’s first full survey, this publication accompanies a solo exhibition at the Museum Kurhaus Kleve in Germany. The exhibit’s curator, Susanne Figner, provides commentary alongside essays by professor Russell Ferguson, Institute of Contemporary Art LA curator Jamillah James and Museum of Modern Art curatorial assistant Phil Taylor. The book is available in three different colors
Item Description:Impressum: This catalog is published on the occasion of the exhibitions "Lucas Blalock: ... or, Or", Museum Kurhaus Kleve, September 28, 2019 - January 26, 2020; "Lucas Blalock: T-E-L-E-P-H-O-N-E", Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts, January 18 - April 3, 2021
Physical Description:164 Seiten
ISBN:9781942884682
1942884680