Lauren Jack: In the Age of PlasticSeptember 1st-October 4th 2009
Opening Reception, Friday, September 11th 7-11pm
Please join me for the first LA opening for my body of work In the Age of Plastic. Along with the artwork on display, there will also be a live hair show during the opening, interpreting the plastic usage in the photographs. A live DJ will be playing, and drinks and food will be served. "How will future generations throughout time remember us in history? How do we remember past historic moments and figures? We are the Age of Plastic, represented by something that is truly genius and yet brittle and without character. What does the term “plastic” mean and say about our society? What associations do we make when confronted by the term ‘plastic’? By exploring different representations of historic imagery, and reinterpreting them, my goal is to show what exactly it means to be labeled as an age or era. By adding elements of plastic into my work, I wanted to reinterpret history by projecting our own age onto it. Plastic itself is a representation of the detachment today's society has from nature and from the cultural environments that we have created and then fell from. By creating and photographing historical periods with the use of plastic I am trying to show that separation as well as explore our views of historic representation."
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My work is also featured in the Pingyao International Photography Festival in Pingyao, China. Please make sure and check out the link belowhttp://www.pipphoto.com/show.aspx?id=615
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"How will future generations throughout time remember us in history? How do we remember past historic moments and figures? We are the Age of Plastic, represented by something that is truly genius and yet brittle and without character. What does the term “plastic” mean and say about our society? What associations do we make when confronted by the term ‘plastic’? By exploring different representations of historic imagery, and reinterpreting them, my goal is to show what exactly it means to be labeled as an age or era. By adding elements of plastic into my work, I wanted to reinterpret history by projecting our own age onto it. Plastic itself is a representation of the detachment today's society has from nature and from the cultural environments that we have created and then fell from. By creating and photographing historical periods with the use of plastic I am trying to show that separation as well as explore our views of historic representation."
