Pop Photographica: Images & Objects Daile Kaplan
My collection of decorative and utilitarian 3-dimensional objects enhanced with photographic images reflects photography’s shifting identity, one that has long encompassed vernacular and fine art expressions, a convergence of high and low cultures. A range of 20th-century commercial and fine art articles are examined alongside 19th-century artisanal and amateur works, amplifying photographic expression to illustrate how popular sensibilities have trickled up to influence fine art praxis (rather than the other way around). The term I coined to describe articles enhanced with photographic images is ‘pop photographica’. This new genre features the full spectrum of everyday artifacts by anonymous and celebrated practitioners. While photographic discourse is dominated by contemporary practices, the convergences between photography and other art forms have yet to be fully addressed. Pop Photographica reformulates our idea of photography at a critical cultural and historical juncture, and offers new insights regarding the dynamic role pictures have played.
Daile Kaplan, Curator
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EXHIBITION
Pop Photographica: Images & Objects Daile Kaplan
In Part of Rencontres d’Arles 2014
From July 7th to September 21st, 2014
Bureau Des Lices
13200 Arles
France
http://www.rencontres-arles.com
http://www.popphotographica.com
