Image Objects (2011 - ongoing) Six-pass UV prints on machine-cut sintra, altered documentation images
Artie Vierkant, an undergraduate UPenn fine arts alumni (SAS '09) who majored in photography, has been written about in a wonderful review and feature article in the latest issue of Artforum. The article is entitled "Photo Op" written by Brian Droitcour and can be found on pages 111-112. The piece goes on to discuss his interesting gallery and web based process with formalist photographic installations that are only documented through a series of altered/doctored images meant to exist on the internet. Therefore the work you consume online is not representative of the physical installation. Vierkant's work aims to address the role of image reproduction in our contemporary society reliant on the internet. In his own words, his work “concerns the degree to which digital media constitute fully tangible objects, actors which are both pliable and physical, structures to be broken into pieces and reconceived.”
We will post the full article when it is linked to online, otherwise please pick up a copy of the March issue of Artforum on your local newstands!
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