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the bicycle series
photographs of traces, remnants & signs of urban culture

grad studies papers
topics vary: leni reifenstahl, william mortensen, robert frank, helen levitt, w. eugene smith, african portaiture, roland barthes and vernacular theory . . .



J250 | J350 | J450 | J455 | MFAMA Thesis

flag series


2006

SLIDE SHOW (Soundslides)

NEW SLIDE SHOW (Soundslides Plus)

This series involves the appropriation of Jasper Johns’ American Flag painting. It’s a lot more interesting and textural than an ordinary flag, and I like the fact that it only has 48 stars. I juxtapose my photographic, sometimes poorly digitally altered images with a series of altered versions of Johns' artwork. It’s bricolage used to make an evolving statement about 21st Century America. Patriotism, intolerance, and a number of other loosely related –isms and chasms have emerged from these combinations.


© 2005 David Blumenkrantz
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