N I H I L S E N T I M E N T A L G I A,
a blog about photography by Sofia Silva
© Sheffy Bleier, Organs,, from the series Organ Gardens, 2007 © Sheffy Bleier, Internal Landscape in the Pink Outside, 2009 “Ultimately, the question that lurks in these images is that of the possibility of reaching the sublime, the spiritual through the medium that appears wholly antithetical to it – body’s inner organs. True, the organs…
Read More© Chih-Chien Wang, Banana skin on chair, from the Jelly Project #2, 2009 © Chih-Chien Wang, Feet with dry leaves, from the series The centre of the forest is a lake like mirror, 2005 © Chih-Chien Wang, Crabs, from the series The centre of the forest is a lake like mirror, 2005 “In his photographs,…
Read More© Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand, Hibernatus, 2010 © Patrick Bailly-Maître-Grand, Untitled, from the series Les Gueules cassées, 2009 More of Patrick’s work here
Read More© Celia Perrin Sidarous, Untitled, from the series The Book of Things, ongoing 2008-2010 © Celia Perrin Sidarous, Untitled, from the series The Book of Things, ongoing, 2008-2010 More of Celia’s work here
Read More© Marlo Broekmans, The dove, from the series Self, 1986 © Marlo Broekmans, After Vermeer, from the series Self, 1986 More of Marlo’s work can be seen here
Read More© Luc Ewen, Untitled, from the series Inventaire de fugues non-préméditées, 2001-2003 © Luc Ewen, Untitled, from the series Inventaire de fugues non-préméditées, 2001-2003 More of Luc’s work here
Read More© Michel Medinger, chicken feet and striglithium, 2001 © Michel Medinger, aubergine albino “Working with a host of organic and inorganic shapes and forms, Medinger creates marvelously idiosyncratic tableaux that explore the dynamic interaction between object, form and meaning. Like a 19th-century cabinet of scientific curiosities, Medinger’s pictures of incongruous and decidedly Dadaesque juxtapositions of…
Read More© Marian Drew, Nature unpicked, from the series All that remains, 2010 © Marian Drew, Pair of self Portraits with birds, from the series All that remains, 2010 “All that remains is a new body of work that incorporates fallen Australian birdlife into hand-stitched tablecloths to reveal a new relationship between our urban and domestic…
Read More© Jo Whaley, 101: Parnassius apollo, from the series The Theater of Insects, 2007 © Jo Whaley, Coleoptera, Without Time, from the series The Theater of Insects, 2005 This project here
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© Rip Hopkins, Procedure : filtration – separating big solids from liquid ; dish : beef stock, from the series Alchimistes aux Fourneaux, 2007 © Rip Hopkins, Procedure : stuffing – object in an object ; dish : stuffed pigeon, from the series Alchimistes aux Fourneaux, 2007 “This work is the result of my encounter…
Read More© Ori Gersht, Blow up No. 14#06, from the series Time after time, 2008 “The latest digital technology has enabled Gersht to create contemporary versions of frozen life, bringing the concerns of Fantin-Latour and other still-life masters into a contemporary context. His photographs echo the appearance of oil paintings and allude to the inherent shadow…
Read More© Carina Linge, Acedia, from the series Einsamer Eros, 2008 © Carina Linge, im haus meines vaters gibt es viele wohnungen, from the series Amor et Psyche, 2007 © Carina Linge, erkenntnis, from the series Amor et Psyche, 2007 To see more of Carina’s work click here
Read More© Inbal Sivan, Baroque, 2003 © Inbal Sivan, Nude, 2007 “Inbal Sivan’s images borrow heavily from traditions in art history, including aspects of the “male gaze.” It entails inactive women looking at some vague point off-camera suggesting that they are not engaged with their audience (or with anything) but rather have appeared, conveniently, to be…
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© Kathryn Parker Almanas, Boil, from the series Medical Interior, 2007 © Kathryn Parker Almanas, Interior XII Gauze & Tubing, from the series Medical Interior, 2006 “Kathryn Parker Almanas’s recent series of photographs, Medical Interior, is a potent reminder of just how existentially unnerving a hospital stay can be. The 26-year-old artist says her…
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© Fritz Fabert, In der Gieϐerei des Reichsbahnausbesserungswerkes Kirchmöser, August, 2007 from the series Archäologie der Arbeit © Fritz Fabert, Im Elektrolager des Reichsbahnausbesserungswerkes Kirchmöser, Mai, 2007 from the series Archäologie der Arbeit To see more of Fritz’s work click here
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