Rachel Stollar
Over the past year, I have been manipulating materials in order to generate temporary constructions that lead to sexually suggestive images. The series that has evolved from this process, entitled Second Skin, are abstract photographs that suggest the texture of flesh and the shape of the body. Often erotic, the forms express my manipulation of a surface that is a substitute for skin. Using the transformative nature of the photograph, raw material becomes form. Using the 4x5 negative as a guide for the scale, the physical images directly reference the process by which the images were made. The small size contributes to the images being read as sensual, sexualized bodies, demanding a physical closeness and providing an intimate space between the viewer and the photograph. The surface of the photograph shifts between naked flesh, luminous milk and carved stone. The indication of bodily forms and fleshy surfaces reveal the power of suggestion and imagination. The act of imagining what a thing could be goes beyond the potential reality of thing itself.
Work by Rachel Stollar. See more here.
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