JULIE BLACKMON – FAKE WEATHER
2017-11-27Blackmon’s pictures, said the Los Angeles Times, are “absorbing, meticulously orchestrated slices of ethnographic theater … that abound with tender humor but also shrewdly subtle satire.” Her themes have focused on the social, cultural and familial, but the tumultuous political landscape of the United States and world have challenged Blackmon to turn her eye to the political world for the first time, and the results make an impact.
“When I began taking pictures,” Blackmon says, “ I was primarily interested in documenting the lives of my five sisters and myself as we raised families in the Ozarks in the 21st century. My goal was to capture the mythical in the ordinary, and I gradually began introducing narrative strands into the photos, hoping to create visual fables that reflected deeper truths. I wanted to explore and critique the way we live today, so there have always been snakes lurking in the backyard gardens of my imagination—someone once told me that my work was one part Norman Rockwell and one part Norman Bates.”
Opposite – Fake Weather, 2017
Exhibition runs through to December 2nd, 2017
Robert Mann Gallery
525 West 26th Street
Floor 2
New York
10001 NY
