EUGENE, ORE. – The Lane Community College Art Gallery is proud to present: On Books and Photography, an exhibition featuring the works of artist Julia Bradshaw. This body of work is part of a larger photographic series about the production properties of photography and books.
Artist Statement:
On Books and Photography…questions the veracity of the photographic image at a time when both photography and books have gone through an inflexion point – moving from the physical object to the electronic. Along with more lofty objectives, the project also addresses the realization that a large part of my knowledge and skills, once deemed essential, are now Instagram filters.
Photography and books are both at inflection points. For photography, the proliferation of digital images created by camera-phones has transformed the distribution and meaning of photographic images. For books, electronic devices have changed how one acquires and reads books. This project takes a look at both mediums, interrogating their properties and their innate characteristics.
Likewise, with the electronic transmission of books, how one reads is also at an inflexion point. Nostalgically, the project reminds readers of the marks on the page left by fingernails or water and of a time when book designers colored the top, bottom and fore-edge of some paperback books. By creating life-size stacks of books, the images become characters - taking on the traces and characteristics of their readers - and at the same time the impossibly tall stacks of books make uncertain the veracity of photographic images.
The show runs from February 16 to March 9. There will be a lecture on Thursday, March 3 at 11:00 am with a reception immediately following. The reception is free and open to the public. The galleries are located in building 11 on main campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue. There is no charge for admission. The Art and Applied Design Department phone number is 541-463-5409.
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