Marina Black Show at The Catherine Edelman Gallery

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Marina Black Show at The Catherine Edelman Gallery
Many photographers’ work exposes their intention from the first glance. Then there are photographers like Marina Black, whose photos gradually reveal themselves, allowing the spectator to interpret them in various ways. One of Black’s key influences is Goya’s The Disasters of War, which many have seen as a protest against violence and the public’s complicity. Children are the subjects of her series (expected chance), exploring fear, joy, trauma, and innocence (Braun et al. 186). The sanitized assumptions of childhood are replaced. The sanitized childhood beliefs are returned in the Blacks’ world with the reality that children’s innocence can be lost if they are not protected. “I am interested in researching the complexity of the childhood environment, as well as how vulnerable youngsters might be to mental and physical ailments,” she says. While childhood is full of delight, it also contains bullies, strangers, loneliness, and disputes that must be resolved.” Marina Black shows images of everyday activities – dancing, soccer, children swimming – that appear conventional until wires, ropes, and other things hide reality and the identity of persons featured in Hasard Anticipé. Black encourages viewers to create their own stories while implying that innocence is a prize to be earned and should not be taken for granted.
Experimentation and the physical process of changing the surface are central to Marina Black’s photography. She works with analog, digital, and camera-less technologies and enjoys the tactile characteristics of prints and working with fragments, which frequently transport her to new locations. “Inspired by Goya’s Disasters of War, images from the series Hasard Anticipé may be associated with a variety of internal and external conflicts,” she writes.
“It feels like portraying children rather than adults magnifies childhood worries and wounds.” I appreciate the tension they generate, which is suggestive of both tenderness and harshness simultaneously. I am interested in learning more about the intricacies of childhood and how vulnerable children are to mental and physical harm. While childhood is full of joy, it also contains bullies, strangers, loneliness, and problems that must be dealt with. “I like to undermine the sanitized concept of children as innocent beings, separate from and oblivious of ambition for power and control, by combining all of these elements.” The visuals, which are populated mainly by teenagers, depict terrible forces that resemble spirits or villains from childhood dreams, or worse – the incarnations, which exist within our brains and may never fully grow.”
There was a period when children relished the opportunity to be children. Even at a young age, some youngsters engage in adult activities, which can have significant implications. Children are active in economic activities and bear a burden of responsibility for their families in various regions worldwide (Braun et al. 187).
Marina Black; While you held me, 2015,
Youth c...