CLAYTON COTTERELL – DEAD RINGER
2016-07-11Cotterell’s new photographs were made, edited and brought together in direct relationship to his previous body of work, Arrangements, which sought naturally occurring abstractions that were at times pushed further toward the unknown via digital manipulation in post-production. In contrast, the pictures in Dead Ringer are, as much as they can be, straight photographs. They are a record of intuition, not the result of a defined concept, allowing for an ongoing body of work that favors tension between the familiar and unfamiliar. In this, like the work of a poet, emphasis is on Cotterell’s voice and style, his way of seeing. At once abstract and literal, his work is focused on the textures and overlooked nuances of regional landscapes and urban environments. And while the framework is specific to Oregon, he recognizes that his untitled photographs could serve as duplicates for any given place. Here he takes advantage of a visual medium that is in constant flux.
Opposite – Untitled, 2016
Exhibition runs through to July 24th, 2016
Ampersand Gallery
2916 NE Alberta Street
Portland
Oregon
OR97211
