JULIE BOSERUP – MISLEADING PERSPECTIVES
2016-11-14Inspired by the Wurts Bros.’s novel technique of aligning ground level shots of skyscrapers with images taken from the upper levels of a nearby building, Boserup adds found images, drawing, geological images and her own photographs shot in the streets of New York to an enlarged digital print from the archive. Whereas Lionel Wurts chose his technique of combined images to compensate for the misleading perspective of the bystander’s view, Boserup crafts new visions of the historical document in order to add layers of meaning, mingling both the familiar and fantastical. In Lobby I, Boserup has thoughtfully arranged autumnal-toned lake views and sky-blue blocks of color within the sleek, modernist interior of the 1961 First National City Bank Building. Between the lobby’s silvery steel columns and marbled floors, beautifully illustrating the Wurts’ practice of using large glass plate negatives, Boserup also interjects a recent shot of snowy Central Park, offering a new perspective on historical and architectural archives and the information contained therein, and the cyclical nature of time.
Opposite – Facade 2, 2016
Exhibition runs through to November 26th, 2016
Sous Les Etoiles Gallery
560 Broadway Suite 603
New York
NY 10012
