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 © Matthew Gregory Hollis Noir series #14, 2003 Gelatin silver print, 8" x 20"  © Matthew Gregory Hollis Noir series #19, 2003 Gelatin silver print, 8" x 20"  © Matthew Gregory Hollis Noir series #23, 2003 Gelatin silver print, 8" x 20" |
Matthew Gregory Hollis Born: 1972, Oxford, OH Resides: Chicago, IL Heritage: African American Selected Exhibitions: Steve Turner Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA Sonotheque, Chicago, IL The Filmhouse, New York, NY Knitting Factory Gallery, New York, NY Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL Betty Rhymer Gallery, Chicago, IL Education: MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002 BFA, Miami University, Oxford, OH, 2000 Publications: Nueva Luz photographic journal, Volume 11#1 (2006) “My photographs are about sex, race and masculinity. I deal with those subjects in my work because I’m obsessed with them in life. I’m drawn to moments from my past, that are difficult and painful. I find it cathartic to make photographs about them. All of these images are based on past relationships; from ex-lovers to strangers I met on porches. I take those relationships and put them in into narratives that are clearly staged but at the same time feel true. I think it’s important to recognize that the fictional can often be the best road to communicating very genuine experiences and predicaments. That’s why I tried to make the images look as much like film as possible. Film as a form of communication could be more powerful then a single photograph but the images on the screen pass to quickly to truly be processed. In the motionless act of viewing a photograph, you’re able to view as long as you choose. It’s important that these scenes use all the tools that film and photography have in common—manipulation of time and space, lighting, pose, the gaze—to offer you moments that are not explained but I hope somehow understood.” Website: http://matthewgregoryhollis.com/ |
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