Nausea

作者 Ron Jude
出版社 Mack
出版时间 2017年5月
ISBN 9781910164792

内容简介

Nausea—takenfromthetitleofSartre’s1938existentialnovel—isabodyofphotographsthatregisterstheinteriorsofpublicschoolsinBatonRouge,LouisianaandAtlanta,Georgiafrom1990-92byAmericanphotographerRonJude.Departingfrommeredocumentation,Judeluresusintopeeringthroughwindows,doorwaysandcrevicesofwallsintoemptyclassroomsandcorridors,aswebecomeincreasinglyconsciousoftheperilsofourowngazeandtheuncertaintyoflooking.Nauseaestablishedthebuildingblocksforthenexttwenty-fiveyearsofJude’sphotographicoutput,includingOtherNature,AlpineStar,LickCreekLineandLago.AttheheartofNausealiesthepremisethatphilosophicalinquirymightbefilteredandconsumedthroughphotographs,justasitisfilteredthroughSartre’sworkofliteraryfiction.Takingashissubjectthebanalityofinstitutionallearning,themonotonousspacesandobjectscapturedinNauseaserveasaplatformforexploringthenexusbetweenthenarrativelimitationsofphotographyandconsciousness.Employingadistinctivevisuallanguage,markedbyanacutesenseofcolour,radicalframingandshallowfocus,Judecreatedaworldbothfamiliaranduncanny,imbuedwithapervasivesenseofunease.Tomarkthe25thanniversaryoftheinauguralexhibitionofNauseain1992atThePhotographers’GalleryinLondon,Judehasmadeanentirelyneweditofthiswork.Manyofthephotographsinthisvolumehaveneverbeforebeenpublishedorexhibited.

作者简介

RonJude(b.1965,LosAngeles)livesandworksinEugene,Oregon.HisphotographshavebeenexhibitedatgalleriesincludingThePhotographers’Gallery,London;DaugeuCulturalCenter,SouthKorea;Proekt_Fabrika,Moscow;andRoth/HorowitzGallery,NewYork.Heistheco-founderofA-JumpBooksandtheauthorofAlpineStar,Postcards,OtherNatureandEmmett.HisotherbooksincludeLago(2015,MACK)andLickCreekLine(2012,MACK).Judehaslecturedextensivelyabouthiswork,mostrecentlyatTheSchooloftheArtInstituteofChicago,andRochesterInstituteofTechnology.HeisrepresentedbyGalleryLuisottiinSantaMonica,RobertMoratGalerieinHamburg,andGaleriaAlfacinhainLisbon.HecurrentlyteachesphotographyatUniversityofOregon.

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