Sandy Skoglund

Sandy Skoglund

Born: 1946

"My work involves the physical manifestation of emotional reality. Thus, the invisible becomes visible; the normal, abnormal; and the familiar, unfamiliar. Ordinary life is an endless source of fascination to me in its ritualistic objects and behavior."

Sandy Skoglund was a surrealist photographer during the 1970's, and she is still producing work today. She began working as a conceptual artist in New York City, and worked as a professor at the University of Hartford and at Rutgers University. In her images she incorporates color, animals, and people, reflecting the surrealist movement. In order to create these images, she uses an 8 x 10 camera and uses strobe lighting. Most of her photos are C-prints, while some of her more recent ones are pigmented inkset prints. 

-Sandy Skoglund creates surrealist images by building elaborate sets, furnishing them with carefully selected colorful furniture, and other objects. She uses contrasting colors, such as the blue and orange above, which makes her photos more interesting and colorful. This image is surreal and creative, and appears to look almost like a dream. Her work above is characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting colors or a monochromatic color scheme. 

The Story of Cold Dark Matter

Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View is the restored contents of a garden shed exploded by the British Army at the request of the artist Cornelia Parker. The surviving pieces have been used by Parker to create an installation suspended from the ceiling as if held mid-explosion. Lit by a single lightbulb the fragments cast dramatic shadows on the gallery’s walls.

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