Photography- A Critical Introductionstaff.um.edu.mt/gmal1/Photography – A Critical...Cotton, C. (2009) The Photograph As Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson, London Soutter, L. (2013)

PHOTOGRAPHY: A Critical Introduction

ALEXANDRA PACE

OVERVIEW OF TOPICS & THEMES

1. IS THIS ART?

2. DOCUMENTS OF FICTION

3. DEADPAN: OBJECTIVITY AND SERIOUSNESS

4. REAPPROPRIATION

5. AUTHENTICITY

THEME #1

IS THIS ART?

Jon Rafman

from the series Nine Eyes of Google Street view, 2013 (ongoing)

THEME #1 – IS THIS ART?

Jeff Wall

Picture for Women

1979


William Eggleston

Untitled (Memphis), 1970


Henri Cartier Bresson

Ansel Adams

Henri Cartier Bresson


Stephen Shore



Stephen Shore


Stephen Shore


Stephen Shore


Stephen Shore

Ed Ruscha

Twenty-six Gasoline Stations,1963


Robert Frank

The Americans, 1958


PHILIP-LORCA DI CORCIA

Hustlers series

1990-1992


ROBERT MAPPELTHORPE

self portrait




Hustlers series

1990-1992


Eddie Anderson, 21 years old; Houston, Texas; $20

1990-1992


GILLIAN WEARING

Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say

1992-3


GILLIAN WEARING


1992-3


GILLIAN WEARING


1992-3


THEME #2

DOCUMENTS OF FICTION

Lucy Soutter

Why Art Photography?

P.52-53

THEME #2 – DOCUMENTS OF FICTION

Jeff Wall

A View from an Apartment

2004-5


Joan Fontcuberta

Fauna

1988


Joan Fontcuberta

Fauna

1988


Joan Fontcuberta

Fauna

1988


Cristina de Middel

The Afronauts

2012


Cristina de Middel

The Afronauts

2012


Cristina de Middel

The Afronauts

2012


Cristina de Middel

The Afronauts

2012


THEME #3

DEADPAN:

OBJECTIVITY & SERIOUSNESS

Candida Hofer

THEME #3 – DEADPAN

Bernd & Hilla Becher

Gas Tanks

1983-1992


Bernd & Hilla Becher

Gas Tanks

1983-1992


Candida Hofer


Candida Hofer

(installation view)


Candida Hofer


Candida Hofer


Frank Breuer

Containers, 2009


Frank Breuer

Poles, 2009


Frank Breuer

Logos, 2009


Thomas Ruff,

Portraits, 1986



Thomas Ruff,

Portraits, 1986


Thomas Ruff,

Portraits, 1986

Thomas Ruff

(installation view)


THEME #4

REAPPROPRIATION:

REUSE & REPURPOSE

Barbara Kruger

THEME #4 – REAPPROPRIATION

Barbara Kruger


Barbara Kruger


Mishka Henner

Less Américains

2013


Robert Frank

The Americans

1958


Mishka Henner

Less Américains

2013


Mishka Henner

Less Américains

2013


Mishka Henner

Less Américains

2013



Mishka Henner

No Man’s Land

2013


Mishka Henner

No Man’s Land

2013


Mishka Henner

No Man’s Land

2013


Larry Sultan & Mike Mendel

Evidence

1977



Evidence

1977



Evidence

1977



Evidence

1977



Evidence

1977



Evidence

1977



Evidence

1977



Evidence

1977



Evidence

1977


THEME #5

AUTHENTICITY

Nan Goldin

The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

1986

THEME #5 – AUTHENTICITY

Nan Goldin


1986


Nan Goldin


1986


Nan Goldin


1986


Nan Goldin


1986


Ryan McGinley

2000-2008



Ryan McGinley

2000-2008


Ryan McGinley

2000-2008


Ryan McGinley

2000-2008

Trish Morrissey

Seven Years

2001-2004



Trish Morrissey

Seven Years

2001-2004


Trish Morrissey

Seven Years

2001-2004


Trish Morrissey

Seven Years

2001-2004


Trish Morrissey

Seven Years

2001-2004


Trish Morrissey

Seven Years

2001-2004

Further reading

Cotton, C. (2009) The Photograph As Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson, London Soutter, L. (2013) Why Art Photography?, Routledge, Oxford. Wells, L. (2009) Photography, A Critical Introduction, Routledge, London.

© Alexandra Pace 2014

www.alexandrapace.com

[email protected]

Alexandra Pace (b.1977, Malta) started her career in photography and graphic design through her curiosity as an observer of the world around her. After successfully navigating both the art world and commercial photography in Malta for fifteen years, she moved to London to study for a Masters Degree at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.

Her more recent work turns its attention on issues of artifice and representation in photography as well as a questioning of the medium itself. In 2014, Alexandra moved on to making work with moving image that questioned the notion of chronology and temporality in t!he work of art.

She has held five solo exhibitions of her own, the most recent of which was staged in a four-story rehabilitated Valletta townhouse which in turn became her own artist-run space that goes by the name of BLITZ (thisisblitz.com). She has also exhibited at Rencontres d’Arles, the annual photography festival held in Arles (France), Nuit Blanche in Paris and Circolo de Bellas Artes in Madrid. Her work has been featured in a number of publications including the recent bid book that earned Malta the title of Capital of Culture 2018.

Alexandra is an artist, educator and curator living and working between Malta and London.

Documents

Photography- A Critical Introductionstaff.um.edu.mt/gmal1/Photography – A Critical...Cotton, C. (2009) The Photograph As Contemporary Art, Thames & Hudson, London Soutter, L. (2013)