Captain Terrific-
This exhibition by Ella Day offers the viewer a rare opportunity to see the original photographs of Captain Terrific.
These images offer the viewer a
glimpse of the mysterious man in tights now commonly dubbed " captain terrific".
Day utilizes photographic elements, glass and figures made of paper, clay or plastic to create a world which she then takes a "portrait" of.
Day's visual practice has expanded from drawing and painting to include 3d constructions, installation and
photographic based projects. Her subjects are a blend of reality mixed with imagination, found and/or constructed elements.
"I like the idea that the subject could come alive, that you could imagine motion.
A photograph can entwine fact and fiction, its a sort of reconfiguration of place and perception. "
These images offer the viewer a
glimpse of the mysterious man in tights now commonly dubbed " captain terrific".
Day utilizes photographic elements, glass and figures made of paper, clay or plastic to create a world which she then takes a "portrait" of.
Day's visual practice has expanded from drawing and painting to include 3d constructions, installation and
photographic based projects. Her subjects are a blend of reality mixed with imagination, found and/or constructed elements.
"I like the idea that the subject could come alive, that you could imagine motion.
A photograph can entwine fact and fiction, its a sort of reconfiguration of place and perception. "
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X Ray Love
My photographic worlds are constructed realities. I utilize glass, and figures made of paper,
clay or plastic, to create an environment and then I take their portrait.
Explorations of place and perception are constant themes of my practice.
I think of my work as portraiture, whether of a person or a moment.
It is the private world I am after. I see my subjects in a state of metamorphosis, alive,
moving and breathing, and in a world where lines are blurred and shapes shift.
My series x-ray love is inspired by early Renaissance paintings.
The couple deprived of flesh, blood, and gender are caught in a timeless scene of lovers entwined.
clay or plastic, to create an environment and then I take their portrait.
Explorations of place and perception are constant themes of my practice.
I think of my work as portraiture, whether of a person or a moment.
It is the private world I am after. I see my subjects in a state of metamorphosis, alive,
moving and breathing, and in a world where lines are blurred and shapes shift.
My series x-ray love is inspired by early Renaissance paintings.
The couple deprived of flesh, blood, and gender are caught in a timeless scene of lovers entwined.