#25: evidence of the opaque and intricate apparatus of our reality needed
“Some of the evidentiary realist works break down visibility to abstraction to underline the limits of seeing, while others use figuration or synthesis to enhance insight. The encoded information and nuanced details behind the works point to large, highly complex realities that come into focus through the factual evidence shown. Yet these enigmatic and seductive works serve as evidence of the opaque and intricate apparatus of our reality.”
See More #100hardtruths-#fakenews:
- Evidentiary Realism, NOME Gallery + Fridman Gallery
- “I Thought I was Seeing,” Jaroslav Andel
- A Companion to Contemporary Documentary Film, eds. Alexandra Juhasz and Alisa Lebow