Luisa Lambri
Untitled (Sheats-Goldstein House, #14), 2007
chromogenic print
76.5 x 91 cm.
30 1/8 x 35 7/8 in.
30 1/8 x 35 7/8 in.
Lambri uses photography to investigate the relationships people have between subjective experience and architectural space. She does this by photographing, not the identifiable views, that make the space iconic, but...
Lambri uses photography to investigate the relationships people have between subjective experience and architectural space. She does this by photographing, not the identifiable views, that make the space iconic, but the idiosyncrasies of the space, the features of a space that may be insignificant. A shot will often be taken again and again, in order to shift the lighting in each one, to give a sense of how the space is a living thing and changes throughout the day.
Lambri s photographs often record doors and windows, which signify a boundary between inside and outside of both significant historical and contemporary architects. Lambri see s her work as looking at loss, where a space that we become attached to, can be simplified and abstracted through a photograph where the shape and elements of a room are isolated. Her images are highly subjective responses to the Modernist ethos as evoked in the buildings.
In the Sheats Goldstein House series, Lambri shifts her gaze up through a skylight in the building, opening up a dialogue by recording the variations of natural light intake in to the interior. The light constantly shifts as it dapples through the trees, which also vary in appearance, and the skylight adds a hazy, almost painterly quality to the shots, intensifying the colours that seep through.
Lambri s photographs often record doors and windows, which signify a boundary between inside and outside of both significant historical and contemporary architects. Lambri see s her work as looking at loss, where a space that we become attached to, can be simplified and abstracted through a photograph where the shape and elements of a room are isolated. Her images are highly subjective responses to the Modernist ethos as evoked in the buildings.
In the Sheats Goldstein House series, Lambri shifts her gaze up through a skylight in the building, opening up a dialogue by recording the variations of natural light intake in to the interior. The light constantly shifts as it dapples through the trees, which also vary in appearance, and the skylight adds a hazy, almost painterly quality to the shots, intensifying the colours that seep through.
Provenance
The artist
Exhibitions
Viewing room at 11 Duke Street, February 2014
Duke Street 2010