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| Suchov-Sendeturm, Alexander Rodchenko |
I
took insperation for these photos from Alexander Rodchenko. Rodchenko explored
how non-traditional angles such as high above or far below. I wanted to explore
the taking pictures of pylons from underneath. The reason I chose pylons is
because there made up a pattern of interconnected bars. When the photos are
taken from different angles, because it's a 3 dimensional structure these bars
can created different an interesting patterns from different angles. People
don't usually stare up at a tall structure from directly underneath it so when
pictures are taken from these odd angles it can make familiar structures look foreign,
the idea of presenting something familiar in an unfamiliar is a common theme in
modernism.
Modernism
is known for celebrating the mundane, some examples include Twentysix Gasoline
Stations which as the title suggests is a photo series of different gas
stations. In Twentysix Gasoline Stations any one of the images may seem dull by
its self but when faced with all the pictures together the differences and similarities
between all the photos becomes more apparent and makes the photo series more interesting.
This forces comparison between seemingly mundane objects is what is was going is
what is was going for with the satellite dish compilation, my plan was to take pictures
of dishes facing slightly different directions in order to form a circle when
all the pictures are viewed together. Unfortunately though satellite dishes
where common it was hard for me to find a way of taking any shots from above
them, I also found that the modernist photographers who worked with photo series
where predominantly from the 60s and I wanted to take my influents from the
20-30s.
Part
of modernism was the rejection of realism so it is interesting that photography,
something that is inherently realistic would become part of the modernist movement.
What the modernist photographers managed to do though was to reject realism by though untraditional use of prospective. Another part of modernism was the rejection of convention which poses a paradox for anyone trying to imitate modernism because are you still rejecting convention when the convention is to reject convection? Maybe modernism is just the rejection of the conventions that came before a certain time period. I suppose that’s where post-modernism comes in, but that’s another story. Alexander Rodchenko push the boundaries on more than just photography but also painting as well, his goal was to reduce reduced painting to it “logical conclusion”. In 1921 he released the first monochrome painting which consists of three solid blocks of red, yellow and blue. This was supposed to simlalize the end of painting or art in its simplest form. His pattern of reducing art could not be continued because it would case to be art, in fact many would argue that a monochrome painting already isn’t art. (Akbar 2009)
Refrentes
Akbar, Arifa. "Drawing a Blank: Russian Constructivist Makes Late Tate Debut."The Independent. Independent Digital News and Media, 27 Jan. 2009. Web. 03 July 2016.
