Out of the everywhere

Nelson, Brittany 1984- (artist.). Hessler, Stefanie, (editor.). Patron Gallery, (sponsoring body.). University of Richmond, (sponsoring body.).

Summary: Brittany Nelson appropriates and distorts processes from 19th century photography to question representation as photographic ideal. In chemically manipulating traditional techniques, such as mordan©ʹage and tintype, she causes unprecedented reactions in the materials, which result in extraordinary abstract imagery. In continuation of feminist and queer abstraction, she unfetters photography's constraints of resemblance to real-world referents, to include technological utopias, spaceflight and time travel, and feminist science fiction, particularly the writing of Alice B. Sheldon--who wrote under the pen name James Tiptree, Jr. to insulate herself against the misogynist attitudes cultivated in science fiction circles, and allowing her write about her own lesbian desires.

Record details

ISBN: 9788867493814
ISBN: 8867493817
Physical Description: print
108 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Milan, Italy : Mousse Publishing, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Catalog of an exhibition held at the Patron Gallery, Chicago, Ill., June 29-August 17, 2019. "Contributors, Lars Bang Larsen, Danielle Dean, Gordon Hall, Stefanie Hessler, Quinn Latimer, Gala Porras-Kim"--Back cover. "Produced with the support of University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia and Patron Gallery, Chicago, Illinois"--Inside front cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.