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Sandy Skoglund

By: Emma, Allie, Tibayan ART120 Photorealism

Bio

• Sandy Skoglund was born in 1946 in

Quincy, MA.

• She went to Smith College for her BFA and

eventually got a MFA from the University of Iowa.

• She became a Professor at the University
• f Hartford and then began teaching at

Rutgers University.

• Her photographs are exhibited all over the

world such as Paris, Denver, CO, Chicago, New York, and Seoul.

• Some of her most prominent works

includes Fox Games and Revenge of the Goldfish.

History of Photorealism

• Began in the United States during the 1960s but gained more traction during

the 1990s

• Drew inspiration from Pop, Conceptualist, and Minimalist art
• Also drew inspiration from commercial and advertising art
• Photorealism is defined as projecting an image onto a medium that isn’t

photographic in nature, such as a canvas or a computer

Art Process: Installation

• “The term installation art is used to describe large-scale, mixed-media

constructions, often designed for a specific place or for a temporary period of time”

• Finds herself drawn towards artificial things and their connection to the

natural world

• The majority of her pieces are questions she asks herself
• The idea that humans aren’t the only ones on Earth
• Her goal with photographing her installations is to “preserve the strangeness
• f it all”

The Revenge of Goldfish

• Has somewhat of a dream-like

quality

• Scene centers around a

monochromatic blue room with a lot

• f bright orange goldfish and in the

center there is an awake child next to a sleeping adult.

• The boy seems to be the only one

aware of the goldfish

• Scene becomes ominous in nature

due to the appearance of the fish being very lifeless.

Radioactive Cats

• Greenish-gray

surroundings and people

• Bright green cats on

almost all surfaces in the room.

• Possibly representing

the adaptation of nature post-nuclear war

Fox Games By the Numbers 1989

• Gray room with possibly elite

people in gray attire

• Fancy dining area
• Foxes roam around the area
• Foxes are a bright red
• Could be showing the inner nature
• f elite as being very sly in nature

A Breeze At Work

• Everything but the leaves are a

peachy color

• Leaves are a vibrant blue that is

encroaching on the office scene

• People seem to be ignoring the

branches

• Possibly a commentary on how

unaware we are about nature and just keep working

The Wedding

• Flowers
• Jam covers the walls

and floors

• The giant cake acts

as a shadow, as well as, a witness

• The color red

One Explanation:

• Tackles the human

idea of permanence

Walking On Eggshells

• Creates an irony around

them

• Everything has a similar hue
• Snakes and Bunnies
• The humans
• Hieroglyphs

One Explanation:

• Humans invading the

natural land and leaving a destructive footprint

The Green House

• The regular living

room

• Dogs crowd the room
• The color green and

the furry ground

• The unaware humans

One Explanation:

• Global warming

Raining Popcorn

• Popcorn covering

the wall

• The people
• The dog like

sculpture and trees One Explanation:

• “An homage to the

expansiveness of the state’s landscapes”

Gathering Paradise

• Concentrates on domestic

security being dominated by environmental chaos

• The domestic human area is

suggested to be a different form of a forest for animals

• Patio and interior color swap

is to reverse expectations of the space

Maybe Babies

• Intended to be nightmarish in

nature, hinting of a nuclear future

• Implies that the children are

mutated or exposed to unnatural phenomena

• The intense pigment change of

the babies is to emulate spectral aggression

Fresh Hybrid

• Focuses on the

shifting reality and possibilities of shapes between human and organic structures

• Emphasizes human

impact on nature by using artificial objects to create set

• Targets sacrifice of

innocence

The Cocktail Party

• Mimics the unsettling

tendencies of social interactions

• Indicates how people often

splinter into separate groups and are still unsatisfied

• The fun nature of cheese

noodles is to juxtapose the horrors of chaotic human interaction

Sources

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https://www.hlphotogallery.com/blog/dialogues-great-photographers-sandy-skoglund

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