Portrait of Jake
Sunday, Jake and I met for a photoshoot - I printed them on Hahnemuhle photo rag bright white and the reds came out luscious… Come to AIRSPACE and see - they are framed and displayed on the fireplace mantle.
Sunday, Jake and I met for a photoshoot - I printed them on Hahnemuhle photo rag bright white and the reds came out luscious… Come to AIRSPACE and see - they are framed and displayed on the fireplace mantle.
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October 17th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
I remember in graduate school, I was painting images of suicidal circus clowns and one of my professors said “At some point you will have to don the clown suit.” There’s a fair amount of gender bending in my own work, so I figured it was time. This is somewhat of an undigested experience that seems to be taking a long time to assimilate and may require more shoots either by Laureen or me.
When you see yourself and you’re unsettled by the vibe you give off then you know something’s going on. One realizes one’s self-perception is a fragile and dubious thing.
Perhaps it’s the ambiguity of it all that is engaging: “Why is this male here in a dress?” “What’s going on?” “What’s the relationship between the two images?” It sort of feels to me like the images are out of sequential order–that they should be reversed left to right if that is how we read “before” and “after.”
The left image feels like I’m “in” the experience the second one feels like I’m digesting it, dealing with the feelings of perhaps wondering “What do I tell my girlfriend, spouse, lover, etc.”
-RA