Simon Obarzanek – Untitled movement (2006 – 2008)
Theatricality in everyday life.
“Obarzanek’s sitters comprise family, friends, acquaintances as well as his wife; recruited to pose in staged situations. They are photographed at dawn in order to combine natural lighting with a studio flash. The backdrop is a vast wall rendered in concrete with pigment rubbed onto the surface for texture. Rugged soil gives the illusion of a continuous backdrop: The black soil and background are used as tools to point the viewer at the action in the centre of the frame. Light is used to contour the solitary figure against a blackened background so as to create a specimen of movement.”
Images courtesy of KW Gallery, Melbourne. More information about the artist here.