Truth in Fiction

March 5, 2020

Fotografiska New York presents the showcase ‘Fever Dreams’ by American photographer Julie Blackmon, open until May 3, 2020.
Fotografiska New York presents the showcase ‘Fever Dreams’ by American photographer Julie Blackmon, open until May 3, 2020.

Julie Blackmon (born 1966 in Springfield, Missouri) creates photographs that are a skilful blend of pop phenomena, consumer culture, social satire, and references to iconic American works of art. Her images are interspersed with disposable artefacts of daily life – fast-food wrappers, potato chip bags, discarded toys and magazine – and often centre around children who appear to have been left unsupervised.

There is a surreal quality to Blackmon’s orchestrations, which blur the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Set against the backdrop of the photographer’s own hometown – which she describes as “the generic American town” in the heart of the United States – the seemingly innocuous domestic scenes are imbued with an underlying sense of both satire and unease.

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Truth in Fiction