Admiring the 17th-century Spanish artist Francisco de Zurbarán, Henri Matisse once remarked on “the simultaneously light and pastose treatment given to the bone-white capes in which he dressed his monks.” For those unfamiliar with “pastose”—as I was—it derives from the Italian pastoso, meaning doughy, like pasta. Zurbarán’s subtle matte whites and his array of rich …
https://vimeo.com/1004738665?share=copy When he started creating the work for his new exhibition, Owen Kydd says he set out to create images that were “anti-cinema…doing everything that cinema wasn’t.” That meant no projector, no dark room. Just a monitor on the wall, he explains, “that sort of looked like a photograph.” Read more
Owen Kydd and Karel Funk will have work on view in the upcoming landmark exhibition Mummified Saint Francis Standing by Francisco de Zurbarán: An Icon of the Spanish Golden Age, opening December 5th, 2024 at Lyon’s Fine Arts Museum. As the museum cites, “This exhibition proposes bringing together for the first time the three paintings …
From the beginning of the 20th century, North American photography was considered to be groundbreaking for the development of an artistic visual language for the medium. This pioneering role has largely been lost due to the developments in photography in Europe since the 1980s. American photography was no longer binding in its role model function for younger …
TRUE PICTURES Contemporary Photography from Canada and the US, Sprengel Museum Hannover Read More »
From its own picturesque home, perched on a headland in a tony Oslo suburb, the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter has set out to take stock of contemporary photography. The museum opened a new triennial festival on Feb. 21 with the mission to showcase recent innovations in camera-based art practices. And among the 31 international artists selected …
Art Trip: Owen Kydd and Sara Cwynar showcase innovative images Read More »
In 1843 Anna Atkins began producing Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions, the first book to be printed and illustrated using photography. Today, 175 years later, her landmark project—compelling in its fusion of science and art, its modernity, and its realization by a woman in an age marked by the feats of men—remains a touchstone …
Owen Kydd, Anna Atkins Refracted, New York Public Library Read More »
Naively, Owen Kydd’s works could be described as GIFs. But while Graphic Interchange Formats have been adopted to be widely circulated, and to in some instances substitute human reactions or language, Kydd’s photographs contain highly specific, pragmatic sentences. His composite pieces, many using pigmented prints laid behind video screens, are layered, complex musings on time …
Casemore Kirkeby is pleased to announce Owen Kydd: Time Image, the inaugural exhibition at the gallery’s new location at 1275 Minnesota Street. The exhibition will open on Friday, March 18th, as part of the grand opening of Minnesota Street Project. Over the past several years, Owen Kydd has captivated viewers with his “durational photographs”—works that …
Owen Kydd, Time Image Casemore Kirkeby, San Fransisco Read More »
Passing by, you could easily mistake one of Owen Kydd’s videos for a photograph mounted in a light box. However, his images do actually move, albeit slowly. He refers to such works as “durational videos,” and you have to watch carefully to see the small changes that take place throughout. Mirror Palm, for instance, is …
At what point does a picture cease to be one? Owen Kydd previously pondered this question through works he describes as durational photographs, which utilize extended single-shot video recordings to present static pictures of unmoving objects. The selection of new works on view here, however, marked a significant turn toward large-scale photography; the most salient …