Lot 5
Shirine Gill (Iranian, active 21st century). "Serpent Series #3" gelatin silver print, 2005. Signed in pencil on verso (according to consignor). A fascinating gelatin silver print by Iranian artist Shirine Gill depicting the negative image of a striped snake, its meandering, serpentine body entwined within itself, twisting and turning into mesmerizing scrolling coils and then tapering to a tail that trails off into the darkness. Size of image: 14.5" W x 18.5" H (36.8 cm x 47 cm); of frame: 23" W x 27" H (58.4 cm x 68.6 cm)
Iranian born Shirine Gill currently splits her time between San Antonio, Texas and New York City. She is represented by LTMH-Gallery in New York and is included in the exhibit and accompanying book "The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography" by Lyle Rexer (New York: Aperture, 2009). According to Lyle Rexer: "Shirine Gill practices a dark art that takes us back to photography's birth and looks forward to its future. Inspired by pioneers Anna Atkins and William Henry Fox Talbot, she records light's passage around and through botanical specimens, directly on photo paper, without a camera. Capturing nature's fragile beauty in a negative image, her work reminds us of art's responsibility to help preserve a world we all share."
Artist Statement: "I do not have a singular visual language. My work is very intuitive. I drift from abstraction to realistic photography to collage with paper cutouts. My abstract work intrigues me the most. I like the experimental aspect of playing with a variety of materials (light, fabric, paper and glass) to create compositions that blur the boundaries of photography, drawing and painting. My goal is to create images that have not existed before. The majority of my abstract work is about form, color and line, most of which are independent from visual references to the outside world.
Creating retinal excitement concerns me more than meaning. My images both allow for, as well as resist, definition. I revel in distorting reality beyond recognition. I welcome accidents; chance is an important part of my work. I cannot predict particular outcomes until the experiment is finished.
I do not like to work in any specific work-space. A studio creates anxiety in me. I am a nomadic artist. Working digitally enables me to work anywhere. My environment and the evolving available materials, inform my work. Discovering new materials is an exciting part of the works unfolding.
My process is Intentional Camera Movement. This process requires long shutter speed. Movement and an open shutter allow me to create painterly and impressionistic images. Camera movement makes colors bleed into each other, and create dynamic lines and patterns from rather simple light sources.
Digital photography has facilitated my experimentation and allowed me access to new photographic terrain. Its immediacy can be doubly overwhelming though. The ease of production creates hundreds of similar images. The taxing nature of editing can be extremely laborious, but this too, is part of the artistic process in identifying the most compelling imagery. One has to become a brutal editor to avoid the pitfalls of repetitious images." (from artist's website)
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection
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Condition:
- Set behind glass in custom matte and frame with suspension wire on verso for display. Has not been examined outside of glass, but print and frame appear to be in excellent overall condition. Signed in pencil on verso (according to consignor).
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