SUZANNE MOXHAY
DIORAMA (2011–2012)
The starting point of this series was a collection of photographs of dioramas which I had taken in the Natural History Museums of London and New York. Museum dioramas are replica environments which may combine painted backdrops with realia of various kinds – natural objects, archeological artefacts, taxedermied animals and so on. In these oddly artificial places, there is a paradoxical crossover between the representational conventions of the theatre and the immersive reconstruction of a real scene.
|
|
|
Holt
Holt (detail 1)
Holt (detail 3)
Holt
1/4
Holt (2012)
archival digital pigment print
Apiary
Apiary (detail 1)
Apiary (detail 2)
Apiary
1/3
Apiary (2012)
archival digital pigment print
Eyrie
Eyrie (detail 1)
Eyrie (detail 3)
Eyrie
1/4
Eyrie (2012)
archival digital pigment print
Bayou
Bayou (detail 1)
Bayou (detail 2)
Bayou
1/3
Bayou (2011)
archival digital pigment print