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The Intimacy of Distance
Explorations of the Figure/Ground, 10 September - 3 December 2022

The Intimacy of Distance: Explorations of the Figure/Ground

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The Intimacy of Distance, Explorations of the Figure/Ground

Organized by Lawrence Gipe and Douglas Marshall

 

The Intimacy of Distance | Explorations of the Figure/Ground is an exhibition addressing one of the quintessential relationships in representational art: the frisson and distance between the human subject and the field. Organizers Lawrence Gipe and Douglas Marshall have gathered a diverse group of seventeen artists that use photography and photo-derived processes to explore this trope, creating a conversation amongst artists that are quite divergent in vision, context and methodology.

 

The trajectory of the exhibition examines the myriad psychological effects produced by the figure/ground relationship. The work featured surveys a wide swath of conceptual terrain, touching on issues such as Colonialism, the Anthropocene and the Sublime, and surveillance. The human element in the composition can be intimately close or cropped, veiled, or too distant to identify – the latter being a reflection on the deferential position Humanity faces in the vastness of Nature.

Featuring: 

Sama Alshaibi
Albarrán Cabrera
Johnnie Chatman
Jeffrey Conley
Eileen Cowin
John Divola
John Brinton Hogan
Richard Learoyd
Rania Matar

Ryan McIntosh
Mark McKnight

Liz Miller-Kovacs
Liza Ryan

Bryan Schutmaat
Donavon Smallwood
Judith Stenneken

Alex Turner

 

 

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Installation Views
  • Front Gallery
    Front Gallery
  • Back Gallery (Alex Turner, Eileen Cowin, Mark McKnight)
    Back Gallery (Alex Turner, Eileen Cowin, Mark McKnight)
  • Back Gallery (Judith Stenneken & Sama Alshaibi)
    Back Gallery (Judith Stenneken & Sama Alshaibi)
  • Back Gallery (Mark McKnight)
    Back Gallery (Mark McKnight)
  • John Divola
    John Divola
  • Liz Miller-Kovacs
    Liz Miller-Kovacs
  • Donavon Smallwood
    Donavon Smallwood
  • Credit: Megan Cerminaro
    Credit: Megan Cerminaro
  • Credit: Megan Cerminaro
    Credit: Megan Cerminaro
  • Credit: Megan Cerminaro
    Credit: Megan Cerminaro
Works
  • Johnnie Chatman, Self Portrait, John Ford Point, 2018
    Johnnie Chatman, Self Portrait, John Ford Point, 2018
  • Liz Miller-Kovacs, Amboy Effigy, 2020
    Liz Miller-Kovacs, Amboy Effigy, 2020
  • Rania Matar, Alae (with mirror), 2020
    Rania Matar, Alae (with mirror), 2020
  • Albarrán Cabrera, This is you here #175, 2022
    Albarrán Cabrera, This is you here #175, 2022
  • Jeffrey Conley, Figure and Mountain, Iceland, 2017
    Jeffrey Conley, Figure and Mountain, Iceland, 2017
  • Bryan Schutmaat, Service, 2015
    Bryan Schutmaat, Service, 2015
  • John Brinton Hogan, Photographer Scouting Locations, South of Palm Springs, CA, March 2015 (Pale Green with Red Glitter Blister), 2015
    John Brinton Hogan, Photographer Scouting Locations, South of Palm Springs, CA, March 2015 (Pale Green with Red Glitter Blister), 2015
  • Sama Alshaibi, Sketch 3, 2007
    Sama Alshaibi, Sketch 3, 2007
  • Richard Learoyd, Fragment (Vanessa waiting), 2015
    Richard Learoyd, Fragment (Vanessa waiting), 2015
  • Donavon Smallwood, Languor #7, 2020
    Donavon Smallwood, Languor #7, 2020
  • Liza Ryan, Untitled (walking), 2011
    Liza Ryan, Untitled (walking), 2011
  • Albarrán Cabrera, This is you (here), #147, 2022
    Albarrán Cabrera, This is you (here), #147, 2022
  • Albarrán Cabrera, This is you here, #120, 2018
    Albarrán Cabrera, This is you here, #120, 2018
  • Ryan McIntosh, Tracy Hills, CA, 2022
    Ryan McIntosh, Tracy Hills, CA, 2022
  • Ryan McIntosh, Tracy Hills, CA, 2022
    Ryan McIntosh, Tracy Hills, CA, 2022
  • Eileen Cowin, Untitled (blue blindfold) , 1991/2022
    Eileen Cowin, Untitled (blue blindfold) , 1991/2022
  • Judith Stenneken, Untitled #48 (Hotel), 2012
    Judith Stenneken, Untitled #48 (Hotel), 2012
  • Alex Turner, 1 Human (Border Patrol) with A.I. Recognition, San Rafael Valley, AZ, 2019
    Alex Turner, 1 Human (Border Patrol) with A.I. Recognition, San Rafael Valley, AZ, 2019
  • Mark McKnight, Untitled (Light Falls), 2020
    Mark McKnight, Untitled (Light Falls), 2020
  • John Divola, 85SL5 (Chroma), 1983-86/2020
    John Divola, 85SL5 (Chroma), 1983-86/2020
  • John Divola, Self Portrait, 1982
    John Divola, Self Portrait, 1982
  • Lee Friedlander, Colorado (Self Portrait with JFK), 1967
    Lee Friedlander, Colorado (Self Portrait with JFK), 1967
  • Lee Friedlander, New York City, NY (MoMA NY print), 1966
    Lee Friedlander, New York City, NY (MoMA NY print), 1966
  • Lee Friedlander, New York, NY, 1964
    Lee Friedlander, New York, NY, 1964
  • Lee Friedlander, Self Portrait, New Orleans, 1966
    Lee Friedlander, Self Portrait, New Orleans, 1966
  • Frederick Sommer, Livia, 1948
    Frederick Sommer, Livia, 1948
  • Charles Harbutt, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976
    Charles Harbutt, Providence, Rhode Island, 1976
  • Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Portrait of the Eternal, 1935
    Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Portrait of the Eternal, 1935
  • George Tice, Ferry Slip, Jersey City, NJ, 1979
    George Tice, Ferry Slip, Jersey City, NJ, 1979
  • Harry Callahan, Eleanor, Chicago, 1949
    Harry Callahan, Eleanor, Chicago, 1949
Press
  • 3 Captures of 1 Jaguar with A.I. Recognition, 3 Second Interval, Censored Location, AZ, 2019

    Museum Acquisition

    LACMA acquires works by Alex Turner
    February 7, 2024
  • Review - The Intimacy of Distance

    Audrey Yin, Musée Magazine, September 15, 2022

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  • Judith Stenneken

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