Pin ItArt Gallery Southern California
Art Gallery Southern California
Queer
Call for Entries Accepted Artists
Artist Mark Schuler
Minneapolis, Minnesota USA
J-J83
Fine Art Photography
Artist Statement
J-J83 is part of a series called “Object of My Affection: J & J,” which explores that visualized space between J & J, a gay couple, by imagining the area between self and other, the point where the two become indistinguishable from each other. Questions that emerge relate to what it is that allows you to approach this unrecognizable point and how long can you stay, before coming back.
Queer relationships are easily recognizable to some, but unfamiliar and foreign to others. Are they part of us? It is that need for others to more clearly see and recognize the object, that requires participation by the viewer which leads to a greater understanding. This photograph presents a diffuse view of “J”, vague, yet recognizable enough so that the other “J” might be part of him.
J-J83 is part of a series reflecting the tension between the recognizable and unrecognizable. Focus may be on an emotional state, a momentary glance, or an object of affection, where the person and his object are merged. The viewer moves back and forth between the familiar and unfamilar. Tension is created, requiring participation in order to develop his own inner experience of the space.
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