Stene Projects presents
Luke Stettner (USA)
The Fold
Opening September 2, 5 - 8
September 3 - October 2
The photograph I used for Giza 1979/2009 is an original that my father took in 1979 of the Great Pyramids. My mother, who accompanied my father on the trip to Egypt, was pregnant with me at the time. When my dad died in 1994, I came to own this picture along with some of his other belongings. I've been making art with his things, changing my relationship to them, releasing them into the world with a different set of physical circumstances. The folding in this piece allows me to draw the viewer close and still keep some of the image private. It is a transformative process, both indelibly altering the photograph and giving it a newfound structural integrity.
/Luke Stettner 2010
Giza 1979/2009
installation view, Kate Werble Gallery, New York
Luke Stettner (USA)
The Fold
Opening September 2, 5 - 8
September 3 - October 2
The photograph I used for Giza 1979/2009 is an original that my father took in 1979 of the Great Pyramids. My mother, who accompanied my father on the trip to Egypt, was pregnant with me at the time. When my dad died in 1994, I came to own this picture along with some of his other belongings. I've been making art with his things, changing my relationship to them, releasing them into the world with a different set of physical circumstances. The folding in this piece allows me to draw the viewer close and still keep some of the image private. It is a transformative process, both indelibly altering the photograph and giving it a newfound structural integrity.
/Luke Stettner 2010
Giza 1979/2009
installation view, Kate Werble Gallery, New York