First I noticed this splendid portrait: the
Static created by
Joshua Suda. I liked the idea of suggesting the mix between photo and painting: photo and painting in dialog, or in competition maybe? Photo and painting, each one trying to capture the essential, each one trying to be one step in front of the other. Or each one supporting the other, supplying the other with missing info.
Or the beauty of the model, a special kind of beauty, would that be the reason I like this
Static so much?
Near the work of
Joshua Suda, an image of a Korean city at night. I was already accustomed with the art of
Tanaka, and every time when I see his cityscapes, full of night, and full of light, and full of speed, my thought go to
Chungking Express, the movie of
Wong Kar Wai, cinematographed by
Chris Doyle.
Jeremy Mann comes with the bizarre poetry of the big American city, the strange fascination it offers by its total indifference to us. It's full of life, it doesn't care about life it carries.
Gregory Gandy offers another view of the city: the same San Francisco, only this time it is captured in a static elegance. The elegance that I noted also at some other
Photorealist works.
(Principle Gallery)Labels: Gandy, Jeremy Mann, Joshua Suda
