芝加哥当代摄影家帕蒂·卡罗尔摄影个展
----《匿名女性》系列作品展在上海双年展期间同时展出
芝加哥著名女艺术家帕蒂·卡罗尔摄影个展《匿名女性》，由上海大学美术学院策划，定于11月6日-18日在M50上海大学创意中心展出。开幕仪式及酒会定于6日下午4:30pm。
《匿名女性》共展出33幅摄影作品，该作品系列通过织物覆盖女性身体和面部的画面构图试图传递女性身份的不确定性。这个作品系列起始于卡罗尔客居英国的一段生活，在那里她的职业和个人特征被她的家庭特征所替代。“创造家园，无论是通过外在形态的更新还是内在舒适感的营造，对许多女人来说是一个持续的普遍性的问题。作为一个女艺术家，我试图传达家庭性的两面意义；家园提供舒适，却也是一个可以将修饰点缀取代或隐藏病痛和真实的所在。”卡罗尔自述，“这些作品幽闭但有力。”从英国回到美国之后，卡罗尔开始以一种更艺术的手法来表现那些既给予她慰藉又带来某种惧怕的家庭器物。“这些作品上的装饰感来自于不同时期的西方社会的挂帘，但我希望这能够被转译到各个不同文化当中，”卡罗尔这样希望，“不管在何地，或许这些作品可以为所有的女性提供一个在面对她们所处的困境时可以微笑或哭泣的机会。”
帕蒂·卡罗尔是以表现家庭物品和女性之间联系的知名数码艺术家，现任教于芝加哥美院和哥伦比亚学院。她毕业于伊利诺伊大学平面设计专业获艺术学士学位，在伊利诺伊工学院的设计学院摄影专业获科学硕士学位。毕业后一直在大学任教，同时通过自己的工作室从事艺术活动。她的摄影作品为芝加哥美术学院、芝加哥当代艺术博物馆、当代摄影博物馆、MOMA收藏。她的作品被收入《女摄影家》、《变化中的芝加哥》等图册，她与Victor Margolin合作的《文化无处不在》由Prestel出版社于2002年出版。更多信息可查阅她个人网站www.pattycarroll.com.
Shanghai University to Exhibit Leading Chicago Photographer
Patty Carroll’s Anonymous Women series set to debut during Shanghai’s 2010 Biennale.
CHICAGO, IL, October 9, 2010— The College of Fine Arts, Shanghai University will feature the artwork of renowned Chicago photographer, Patty Carroll, during the 2010 Shanghai Biennale. The university’s industrial gallery space, M50, will showcase her latest collection of Anonymous Women from November 6-18, 2010. Carroll, who teaches digital photography at Columbia College and The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, is well known for her visual play on domestic objects and their relationships to women. An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, November 6 at 4:30 pm; admission is free.
Anonymous Women features 33 photographs of faceless figures draped in striking fabrics and textiles. Carroll started this project after returning from her life in England, where she felt her household status superseded her professional and personal identity. “Making a home, whether through physical renovation or an internal sense of comfort, remains a constant, universal issue for many women. As a woman artist, I am addressing the double edge of domesticity; the home as comfort opposed to a place where decoration can substitute for, or hide ills and truths,” Carroll comments. “The pictures are claustrophobic and powerful.” Readjusting to life in America, she began to artistically play with ideas behind home accoutrements, providing her both solace and dread. “While the trappings shown here are western style drapery from various eras, I am hoping that they will translate into all cultures,” Carroll adds. “Perhaps this work will offer the chance for women anywhere to both laugh and cry at these essential predicaments.”
About Patty Carroll
Patty Carroll received her BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and a Master of Science degree in photography from The Institute of Design, IIT in Chicago, studying fine art and traditional photography with Aaron Siskind, Arthur Siegel, and Garry Winogrand, Since then, she has continuously taught photography at the university level, while working as an independent artist in her Chicago studio. Her photographs have been purchased by The Art Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and MOMA, as well as many private collectors. Her photographs have been published in various books as part of larger projects, such as Women Photographers (Abrams), and Changing Chicago, (U of I Press.) Her collaboration with Victor Margolin resulted in the book, Culture is Everywhere, released in 2002 (Prestel.). More information about Carroll and her work can be found at www.pattycarroll.com.