The Architecture of Space

GREG STIMAC

In Our Own Words

©Greg Stimac, courtesy Andrew Rafacz Gallery

Series: Untitled
Title: Untitled (Portland to Sacramento), 2009
Size: 24"x30"
Medium: Pigment Print
Edition:  5

Price: $2,200

"From a distance, Greg Stimac's photographs appear to be abstract, almost like celestial constellations. On closer inspection, however, we find this night sky of stars is in fact a dust cloud of insects and grit. These wonderfully detailed photographs come about by the artist affixing a sheet of plexi to the grate of his car for the duration of a journey. At journey's end, Stimac scans the plexi, recording its inhabitants and prints the resulting image. The images represent a familiar sight and experience that accompanies any road-trip and, importantly, a tangible record of time and space."

The Architecture of Space

ANDREA LAND

In Her Own Words

©Andrea Land

Series: In My Room
Title: Stella, 2007
Size: 27"x22"
Medium: C-Type
Edition: 10

Price: $700

"My portraits of children contain various layers of information relating to the artist, the subject and a mutual exchange between the two. The work seeks to explore the psyche of complex individuals. Each young girl, while physically existing in the natural world, also thrives in another realm, an insular dream state, with her gaze turned inward.

The photographs exist as both fictional and autobiographical creations (growing up in an all female, Midwest household). Relating to the temporary situation of childhood, I am fascinated by young individuals’ imagination and intensity of experience. My curiosity about childhood, as a state of limbo and a game of illusion, creates additional layers with which to contemplate.

Visually exploring the girls’ stances and embellished environments, the audience enters into a private world of vulnerability, isolation, imagination and memory. A delicate balance exists between the real and the imagined, the beautiful and the grotesque."

The Architecture of Space

JAMES POMERANTZ

In His Own Words

 ©James Pomerantz, courtesy INSTITUTE for Artists Management

Series: Remote Control
Title: Remote Control #1, 2009
Size: 22"x44"
Medium: Pigment Print
Edition: 10
Price: $2,000

"These images are composites comprised of multiple screen grabs taken from an anonymous webcam that I accessed via the Internet, between Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. The camera gives me the ability to pan and tilt from my computer at home. The individual images are then stitched together. There is a liberation that comes from being ignorant about the location of the camera. As a documentary photographer, I am normally expected to be able to share some insightful information about what my images depict. The webcam releases me from the accountability and responsibility to Witness that comes with being a photojournalist."