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Penelope Umbrico: Photographs
Penelope Umbrico
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Description for Penelope Umbrico: Photographs
Hardback. Offers a reinterpretation of every-day consumer and vernacular images. This title presents an approach to quintessential issues of representation in contemporary culture, including how images are used to construct and communicate consumer desire, and whether or not the growing volume of images we view online fosters a critical visual literacy. Num Pages: 184 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 249 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1292.
Penelope Umbrico (Photographs)offers a radical reinterpretation of every-day consumer and vernacular images. As the artist describes, she works “within the virtual world of consumer marketing and social media, traveling through the relentless flow of seductive images, objects, and information that surrounds us, searching for decisive moments— but in these worlds, decisive moments are cultural absurdities.” Umbrico finds these moments in the printed pages of consumer product mail-order catalogs, travel and leisure brochures, and online sites such as Craigslist, EBay, and Flickr. By identifying and isolating image typologies—candy-colored horizons and sunsets, books used as props—the farcical and surreal nature of the ... Read more
Penelope Umbrico (Photographs)offers a radical reinterpretation of every-day consumer and vernacular images. As the artist describes, she works “within the virtual world of consumer marketing and social media, traveling through the relentless flow of seductive images, objects, and information that surrounds us, searching for decisive moments— but in these worlds, decisive moments are cultural absurdities.” Umbrico finds these moments in the printed pages of consumer product mail-order catalogs, travel and leisure brochures, and online sites such as Craigslist, EBay, and Flickr. By identifying and isolating image typologies—candy-colored horizons and sunsets, books used as props—the farcical and surreal nature of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Aperture United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
1291g
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781597111713
SKU
V9781597111713
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Ref
99-15
About Penelope Umbrico
Penelope Umbrico graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, and received her MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York. She has participated extensively in solo and group exhibitions, including at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York. Umbrico is core faculty in the School of Visual Arts ... Read more
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