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2017-09-04
Building on the tropes of that previous show, Pitch explores the relationship between the tactile realities of the photographic medium and the conscious and unconscious contributions of the artist to the images she creates when she photographs “hand-built, sculptural environments” of her own making. As with the previous work, all images are made using an early 20th-century 8 x 10 view camera whose large-format negatives are scanned and printed without digital manipulation.
The images in Pitch are rhythmic, moody compositions built around the tension between starkly graphic lines created by pieces of string, folds in fabric and paper, or hand-drawn marks, and the softer slurries of light and shadow. Semivan builds her sets over a period of days using black charcoal, string, wire, paper, fabric, and carefully selected objects, continually monitoring the scene through the lens at it develops. The elaborate constructions last only until they’re photographed, after which they’re discarded as the stage is transformed for the next image.
Opposite – Pinned, 2017
Exhibition runs from September 9th, 2018
Benrubi Gallery
41 East 57th Street
13th Floor
New York
10022 NY
benrubigallery.com