1691082u2 (Demolition of Madison Square Garden, 1925)

Matthew Brandt American

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As a student at the University of California, Los Angeles, Brandt began exploring early photographic processes with the novel twist of using elements from his subjects as ingredients in the making of the prints. For example, he used the bodily fluids of his sitters to produce their images on salted paper prints. For the work on view here, the artist used dust swept from Madison Square Garden in New York instead of the pigments typically used in the gum bichromate process. By mixing particulate matter from the site into an image via a process that is itself a relic, Brandt makes his work of art into an animated stand-in for that which has disappeared.

1691082u2 (Demolition of Madison Square Garden, 1925), Matthew Brandt (American, born Los Angeles, California, 1982), Gum bichromate print

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1691082u2 (Demolition of Madison Square Garden, 1925), Matthew Brandt (American, born Los Angeles, California, 1982), Gum bichromate print
1691082u2 (Demolition of Madison Square Garden, 1925), Matthew Brandt (American, born Los Angeles, California, 1982), Gum bichromate print

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