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Christopher Williams: For Example: Dix Huits Leçons Sur La Société Industrielle (Revision 8),

12 March  —  25 April 2009
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Christopher Williams: For Example: Dix Huits Leçons Sur La Société Industrielle (Revision 8)

Past exhibition
12 March  —  25 April 2009
Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Christopher Williams, Untitled (Study in Yellow/Berlin), Dirk Schaper Studio, Berlin, June 21st, 2007 (No.1), 2008, 2008

Christopher Williams

Untitled (Study in Yellow/Berlin), Dirk Schaper Studio, Berlin, June 21st, 2007 (No.1), 2008, 2008
C-print
50.8 x 40.6 cm / 20 x 16 inches
Framed dimensions:
88 x 76.4 cm / 34.7 x 30.1 inches
Edition of 10 + 4 AP
B-CWILLIAMS-.09-0006
Christopher Williams's use of photography is based on the premise of creating visual skirmishes through strategies of disclosure, deception, and feedback: the subjects shown act as proxies. The photograph’s immaculate...
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Christopher Williams's use of photography is based on the premise of creating visual skirmishes through strategies of disclosure, deception, and feedback: the subjects shown act as proxies. The photograph’s immaculate composition, saturated backdrop, and precise lighting expose the conventions of commercial and art photography alike. Despite its apparent clarity, the image resists straightforward interpretation: the model’s pose recalls advertising, fashion, and art historical nudes simultaneously, while Williams’ clinical framing draws attention to the mechanisms of image production rather than the subject herself. As in other photographs featuring people, Williams leaves the “imperfections” that are often retouched in advertising language unchanged, even emphasizing them concisely: birthmarks, fine veins, or, as in this picture, calluses on the feet, all the while the bra is held together with yellow fold- back clips.
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