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Mark Morrisroe: Photographic Process and Psychic Structure
Saturday, April 16, 7pm
Within the constraints of the photographic medium, Mark Morrisroe explored a range of techniques and processes, from gum prints to Polaroid, 'sandwich' prints to photograms. His innovative approach often emphasized the material characteristics of photography – the chemical processes, the surface imperfections and the potential for the manipulation and augmentation of the negative and its image. Through methods of collage and layering, he sought to transform original and found photographic imagery into saturated neo-romantic fantasies, and abstract patterns of exposed bodies. In the words of writer Elisabeth Lebovici, Morrisroe "'cooked up' the tremble that often occurs between the body of the image and the body in the image: reddened, nude buttocks or a nipple with a scarified spider web find their extension and echo in the scratches, scrapes, and 'hand jobs' Morrisroe brings on in his images."
This symposium addresses the significance of Morrisroe’s experimentation with photographic processes, and the relationship formed between such materiality and the projection of selfhood and sexuality within his images. Equally the discussion will look to consider how such a practice impacts on our contemporary understanding of image production and dissemination.
The event will include presentations by David Joselit, Elisabeth Lebovici and Collier Schorr, followed by a discussion between the three participants.
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Mark Morrisroe: From This Moment On
March 9 – May 1, 2011
Wednesday - Sunday: noon - 6pm
Reviews in The New Yorker, The Village Voice, T Magazine
Mark Morrisroe: From This Moment On is curated by Richard Birkett and Stefan Kalmár of Artists Space, and Beatrix Ruf, Director of Kunsthalle Zürich.
The exhibition takes as a starting point Mark Morrisroe at Fotomuseum Winterthur
(November 2010 – February 2011), curated by Beatrix Ruf and Thomas Seelig.
Mark Morrisroe: From This Moment On has been organized in collaboration with the Estate of Mark Morrisroe (Ringier Collection) at Fotomuseum Winterthur.
Mark Morrisroe: From This Moment On is made possible through the generous support of
The New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, The Friends of Artists Space, and the Estate of Mark Morrisroe (Ringier Collection) at Fotomuseum Winterthur.
Exhibition supported by The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
Exhibition Architecture by Jonathan Caplan.
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