Mavis C. Pitman Exhibition 2022

CHRISTINE GJOERUP 

Sometimes I feel as though photography is too consumed by an ideal of photographing “pretty things” as they are only a minute and unrepresentative fraction of the human experience. The persistent passage of time leaves us with perpetually-growing piles of both literal and figurative rubbish. How might one situate rubbish in the realm of aesthetics? Through spotlighting traces of discarded objects, Leftovers explores this ever-pertinent visual conversation. These photographs seek to recognise the unorthodox beauty of putrid, broken, and rotting objects.

Christine Gjoerup
Leftovers, 2022
Inkjet print

Advisor: Geoff Winningham

Image of photography by Christine Gjoerup

Close up of photograph by Christine Gjoerup

Image of photograph by Christine Gjoerup

 

TIED IN NOTS
Mavis C. Pitman Exhibition 2022

The Mavis C. Pitman Exhibition has been underwritten by the Mavis C. Pitman Endowment and the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts.