Showing posts with label props. Show all posts
Showing posts with label props. Show all posts

Thursday, December 12, 2013

BEAUTY: Photography--JeeYoung Lee

JeeYoung Lee's tiny art studio in Seoul, Korea may measure only 11' x 13' but it is the stage for her horizonless visions. She makes all the scenery, set pieces, and props and then photographs herself in the amazing results. She often portrays images of open, limitless beauty, but mostly we see scenes of anxiety and dread that seem to emerge from subconscious worries and fears... objects threaten or drown her, locations swallow or advance upon her, and creatures--or even bacteria--menace and attack her. Whether lost in a maze of hot mechanical pipes (a scene directly out of someone's anxiety nightmare), trapped in a wasp's nest, or coming dangerously near to a Venus Fly Trap, Lee's work feels visceral, and is deeply, psychologically penetrating.


Top to bottom: Black Birds; Flu; Last Supper; Monsoon Season; My Chemical Romance; Panic Room; Resurrection; Sweet Appetite; The Little Match Girl; This Is Not Enough; Treasure Hunt

http://www.opiomgallery.com/fr/artistes/oeuvresphotographe/17/jeeyoung-lee

Thursday, February 9, 2012

BEAUTY: Interior--Alketas Pazis

Alketas Pazis of Athens, Greece, runs Temporary-Showroom, a prop house for the filming industry (he has contributed to over 950 commercials and film productions), specializing in locating, rescuing, and reclaiming mid-century modern and industrial antiques. His home, immediately adjacent to his business, is also a perfectly curated collection of pieces that have been salvaged from hospitals, schools, gymnasiums, factories, and other such public, industrial spaces. It reminds me a cleaner, more stream-lined version of a set from a Brothers Quay film. It is such a specific, look... the look of a collector and his collection... a kind of neat and organized wunderkammer.



Here are some shots of Temporary-Showroom, which is virtually indistinguishable from Pazis' own home.


http://www.temporary-showroom.gr/home