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Art Mon Feb 02 2009
MCA Highlights Curtis Mann
Curtis Mann will be the featured in February's UBS 12x12 exhibit of local artists at the Museum of Contemporary Art, beginning Feb. 7. Mann was profiled on Gapers Block last March.
Mann re-shoots and enlarges found images of countries in conflict such as Israel, Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq on Flickr and other photo sharing sites, then erases and destroys portions of them with nails and caustic substances such as bleach.
Large sections of the images are replaced with an ambiguous white void or are reduced to ghostly monochromatic washes of yellow and red. The original landscapes and context of the anonymous travel and family photos are severely altered and intended to reflect on the large-scale violence occurring in the photograph's setting and the fragility of the photographic image.
Mann will lead a gallery talk about the exhibit on Feb. 17 at 6:30 pm.