dark forest series - 2005
THIS SERIES
WAS FIRST INSPIRED BY RUSSIAN ARTIST KASIMIR MALEVICH’S 1915 PAINTING, BLACK
SQUARE. THE THICK, CRACKED BLACK PAINT
THAT SHOWED THE WHITE CAVAS UNDERNEATH, MADE THE VIEWER CRAVE TO SEE THE
REPRESENTATION THAT MAY BE SHOWING IN THOSE CRACKS. IN FACT THE PAINTING’S PURPOSE WAS TO REDUCE THE FIGURATIVE
PROCESS TO THE POINT WHERE IT CANCELLED ITSELF OUT.
THIS
SERIES SOON SHOWED THAT IT ALSO RELATED TO AND WAS COUNTER POINT TO THE BRAVE
TREE SERIES. THE YOUNG FOREST IMAGES
WERE DARKENED ALMOST TO THE POINT OF ABSTRACTION: BARS INFRONT OF A SPACE IN
NATURE. A CONTEMPORARY VIEW OR
AVOIDANCE OF LOOKING AT THE NATURE THAT STRUGGLES TO SURVIVE THE ELEMENTS TO
WHICH IT IS EXPOSED.
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This series consists of seven images
exposed on 2 ¼” negatives and
printed (archival processes) on 16” x 20”
photographic paper.
dark forest no. 1
dark forest no. 2
dark forest no. 3
dark forest no. 4
dark forest no. 5
dark forest no. 6
dark forest no. 7