Found Materials
Found Materials
February 22, 2019
Anne Collier, Woman Crying #1, aus der Serie Women Crying, 2016
© Anne Collier; Courtesy of the artist; Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Galerie Neu, Berlin; and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
American artist Anne Collier (*1970, Los Angeles) questions the medium of photography by working with found materials from popular culture. Her conceptual works are based primarily on photos of the 1970s and 1980s, gleaned from magazines, advertising, record covers, book illustrations and film stills. By photographing these printed images and putting them into new contexts, she pursues a reflexive archaeology of the uses of photography.
Collier is interested, above all, in images with an emotive visual undertone, such as waves, eyes, clouds and romanticised sexism. With analytical elegance, Collier reflects the deceptive imagery that shapes our everyday lives and, in doing so, reveals the tension between the photographic subject and the act of photographing.
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Anne Collier, Woman Crying #1, aus der Serie Women Crying, 2016
© Anne Collier; Courtesy of the artist; Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Galerie Neu, Berlin; and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Anne Collier, aus der Serie Women With Cameras (Anonymous), 2016
© Anne Collier Courtesy of the artist; Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Galerie Neu, Berlin; and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow
Anne Collier, aus der Serie Women With Cameras (Self Portrait), 2017
© Anne Collier Courtesy of the artist; Anton Kern Gallery, New York; Galerie Neu, Berlin; and The Modern Institute/Toby Webster Ltd., Glasgow