Tag: Gerhard Clausing

Artist: Cristiano Volk (again!)

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Am in the middle of my essay (hard work and difficult!)  – therefore, very quickly with this – another photographer breaking out of photography’s restrictive conventions. Clausing writes: ‘Volk uses found photographs and newly photographed work to take us from the particular to the universal. In this visual journey we see views of body cells, natural scenes, spacescapes, and everything in between.’ (2019) I could use this as an example in the final chapter of the said essay but am already referring to Lisa Barnard and Edgar Martins who expansive works really demonstrate the point well – and I have many words to cut yet. But we’ll see.

 

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Image from Clausing’s review (Photobook Journal)

 

See Gerhard Clausing’s latest review:

https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/94577361/posts/2606657308

 

Artist: Christiano​ Volk, Sinking Stone

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I do wish I had some money to spare right now. This is the second photobook I’ve seen this week which I’d love to be able to buy.

Cristiano Volk’s Sinking Stone, a meditation on Venice, looks great. The reviewer writes:

“…rather than showing us a seemingly satisfying totality of Venice in the form that is viewed and reproduced by tourists, Volk confronts us with many jarring fragments that often flash by as in a short but powerful dream.”

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“On the artistic side, I am very pleased that in his depiction of a city Volk has gone way beyond the traditional methodology of such genres as street photography. This project is an excellent example of making a statement by presenting ambiguities; this kind of fine art requires the participation of the viewer to reflect on issues that affect us all.”Clausing, 2019

You can see more here – worth the click!

Cristiano Volk – Sinking Stone

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