November 2012

Cutting People In

Christina King has been attracted to collage and the ability to add visual components to a work for a long time. In conjunction with this aesthetic, she began removing elements as she experimented with the street photography. The process evolved into a removal of specific individuals from the photographs with an exacto-knife. By choosing certain people and meticulously removing them from the scene felt powerful, conceptually and visually. On a whim, the artist could delete their presence and simultaneously adjust and highlight the composition of these photographs. The figural absences took away King’s anxiety and desire to protect the subjects: turning the focus back to the viewer, and how the mind wants to imagine the setting. Through doing this the people are no longer the subjects. They are a part of the setting.

Visit King’s website at christymking.wordpress.com