For the entire month of July 2022, L👀k Here will feature Sacramento-based artists that I am looking at & thinking about.
Cabinet Cards
2016 installation view from This Wicked Tongue curated by Cindy Rehm at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.
“The cabinet card was an early and widely used form of portrait photography. First introduced in the 1860’s, dominating portrait photography for over 30 years. Consisting of a thin photograph mounted on cards, this early form of portraiture documented cultural transitions of the 19th century including the shift to modernity and developing/performing personal, national, and racial identities.
In this series, the cabinet card is utilized as a source material and framework, serving both as a metaphorical and physical ground in the construction of collages and drawings. The collage elements are taken from a 1977 Ebony Magazine, mixing and indexing hybrid intentional identities transcending and shifting through time and popular material culture. The drawing incorporates both additive and subtractive processes, creating compositional/narrative tensions and interventions.”