PHOTOGRAPHY by {CARLA GANNIS}
Posted by Karin | Filed under Art + Design, Photography
A quote found in Carla’s Gannis Bio – “I learned that just beneath the surface there’s another world and still different worlds as you dig deeper. I knew it as a kid, but I couldn’t find proof. It was just a feeling. There is goodness in those blue skies and flowers, but another force– a wild pain and decay–also accompanies everything.” – David Lynch
Carla’s words… Appropriating from memory, mythology, and a familiar collective consciousness, the digital works I produce invite viewers to experience our inescapably mediated lives “through the looking glass”, where sexuality, power, and class issues reverberate in idiosyncratic juxtapositions.
On a conceptual and technical level these tableaus consist of fragments that are reassembled at oblique angles to their original context. They are not meant to convey logical conclusions nor to allow for easy categorization.
I feel akin to past and contemporary artists, writers, and filmmakers who uncannily deconstruct rigid notions of reality and perception.
The extension of this sensibility with computer-based applications is only natural to me as a reflection upon the Digital Age in which we all coexist.
I was introduced to Carla’s work by a great and dear artist friend who new Carla first hand. I was completely enraptured by her and her art. Sometime after I had the pleasure of meeting Carla in person. I thought she was just as sensational in the flesh as her photography and her paintings are. She is a fantastic artist!
To learn more click on: Carla and click on: Gannis
Carla Gannis is having an opening :
Pablo’s Birthday
Date : Saturday, April 18, 2009
Time : 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location: 528 Canal streets – NYC, NY
xoxo Karin
Tags: 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts, Artnet, Carla Gannis, Computer Arts, David Lynch, Digital Art, Jezebel, multiple partners, North Carolina Museum of Art, Nostalgia, Pablo's Birthday, painter, Photographer, Pratt Institute, Rhizome, School of Visual Arts, Travelogue
One Response to “PHOTOGRAPHY by {CARLA GANNIS}”
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Tanya D Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 2:30 pmVery cool!
