ALEJANDRO CARTAGENA: PHOTO STRUCTURE / FOTO ESTRUCTURA | Beyond the Nest (Rochester)

ALEJANDRO CARTAGENA: PHOTO STRUCTURE / FOTO ESTRUCTURA


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 06/28/2020
For his latest work, Alejandro Cartagena sifts through landfills for discarded photographs. Then, with a sharp blade, he excises figures, faces, or other details from the photographs, reconfiguring the original composition by either moving the cut fragments or removing them entirely. The altered photographs remain strangely whole and strikingly familiar, compelling the viewer to consider what gives a photograph meaning. His arrangements reveal that seemingly crucial aspects of an image are both central and incidental to our ability to understand the works.

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Cartagena has produced works of art specifically for this exhibition, giving visitors to the Eastman Museum the first opportunity to see the newest photographs in his most recent body of work.

This exhibition and its accompanying audio tour are presented in both English and Spanish.

Alejandro Cartagena: Photo Structure / Foto Estructura is co-organized by the George Eastman Museum and the Chrysler Museum of Art.


Para su obra más reciente, Alejandro Cartagena busca entre los basureros fotografías desechadas. Luego, con una navaja filosa, extirpa de las fotografías cuerpos, caras y otros detalles, reconfigurando la composición original ya sea, al desplazar los fragmentos recortados o retirarlos por completo. Las fotografías modificadas permanecen extrañamente completas y sorprendentemente familiares, obligando así al espectador a reflexionar sobre qué es lo que da significado a una fotografía. Su redistribución nos revela cómo los aspectos aparentemente cruciales de una fotografía —un rostro o un cuerpo— ocupan un lugar tanto central como accidental en nuestra capacidad para comprender las obras.

Cartagena produjo obras de arte específicamente para esta exposición, dando a los visitantes del Eastman Museum la oportunidad de ver por primera vez las fotografías más nuevas de su más reciente obra.

Esta exposición y la audioguía que la acompaña se presentan en inglés y en español.


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Organization:

George Eastman Museum

Location:

900 East Avenue
Rochester, NY, 14607
United States

Phone:

(585) 327-4800
Contact name: 
Admission Desk
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The event has already taken place on this date: 
06/28/2020
Time: 
Tues.–Sat. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sun. 11 a.m.–5 p.m.
Price: 
Check website for pricing

Ages

9-12 years Teenagers Adults & kids together Adults without kids