Introducing Nihilsentimentalgia’s newcomer André Carapinha with an essay about the veil of shadows that stands between our perception and “reality”. Photographs illustrating the essay all belong to Trish Morrissey‘s project Front (2005-07), where she sets out to find families that she joins temporarily, in an “as if/has-been” moment, at the same time manipulating reality and…
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║ Cosimo Terlizzi ║
© Cosimo Terlizzi, Fratelli Fava, in campo, 2006 © Cosimo Terlizzi, Valentina al Muro, 2001 To see more of Cosimo’s work click here
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║ Ben Gest (Group Portrait – part II) ║
© Ben Gest, Chuck, Alice & Dale, 2003 © Ben Gest, Alan & Noah, 2002 “My pictures describe tenuous moments between people sharing their lives together in their homes. These ambiguous narratives of personal and simple everyday activities describe the way people sometimes disengage from those closest to them. They are an outgrowth of…
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║ Holly Lynton ║
© Holly Lynton, Untitled #8 (pouring), from the In Between series, 1999 © Holly Lynton, Untitled #15 (in the basement), from the In Between series, 1999 “Someone shouts to me from across the street that I look too young to be driving. At the airport, a woman thinks I am waving goodbye to my…
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║ Kelli Connell (Domestic Scenes – part I) ║
© Kelli Connell, Private Conversation, 2003 © Kelli Connell, Sunday Afternoon, 2002 “This work represents an autobiographical questioning of sexuality and gender roles that shape the identity of the self in intimate relationships. Polarities of identity such as the masculine and feminine psyche, the irrational and rational self, the exterior and interior self, the motivated…
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║ Wang Qingsong ║
© Wang Qingsong, Tramp, 2004 © Wang Qingsong, Night Patrol, 2005 ” I think it is very meaningless if an artist only creates art for art’s sake. For me, the dramatic changes in China have transformed China into a huge playground or construction site. Whenever I go into the city I feel suffocated by the…
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║ Cig Harvey ║
© Cig Harvey, Untitled, from The Impossible Tasks series, 2005 © Cig Harvey, Untitled, from The Impossible Tasks series, 2005 “Harvey’s photographs stream from two series: Eyes Like Disappointed Lemons and The Impossible Tasks, and each contains a lone female figure positioned in unidentifiable locales. Fruits, bodies of water and segments of skin are photographed…
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║ Anthony Goicolea ║
© Anthony Goicolea, Boxtrap, 2004, from the Sheltered Life series © Anthony Goicolea, Dead Tree, 2005, from the Sheltered Life series “Sheltered Life” is a series of digitally constructed photographs that depicts fairytale-like, timeless places inhabited by contemporary characters. All of the landscapes are punctuated with alternative makeshift living spaces that are made up of,…
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Knorr & Richon: allegories
© Olivier Richon, Real Allegories © Olivier Richon, Real Allegories © Karen Knorr The Blue Room (Ganymede), Musée de la Chasses et de la Nature
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