R
BLOCK
Nikolai Fine Art, New York
Rare Gallery, New York
R Block is a series of large color photographic prints
based on a collection of indexed medical portraits from an abandoned medical archive
in New York State.
Subjects
pose in their Sunday best for pathological mug shots in an obscured history of occasions when
disrupted lives were presented as special cases for medical scrutiny and
collection. Domestic and institutional discourses intersect in anonymous
portraits of 'dark celebrity'. Through a process of reworking with signs,
symbols, stains and burnings, the images explore an ambiguous truth, a
suggestion of untold narratives and identities.
25 C-prints. Various dimensions
of 6 x 4 ft (183 x 122 cm) & 24 x 20 in (61 x 51cm).
Archive Series. 8 Light boxes.24 x 20 in (61 x 51cm). Editions of 2.
Collection of the artist & Nikolai Fine Art, New York.
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Chromogenic prints. Various dimensions
of 6 x 4 ft (183 x 122 cm) & 24 x 20 in (61 x 51cm) |
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