Brief introduction of Duane michaels

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China photographer Duane Michals (1932-

His first appearance was in the early 1960s, when he was only in his early thirties, and he took a series of portraits for famous painters, which attracted the attention of photography circles with his grotesque style and symbolic significance. Later, michaels engaged in.

After a period of commercial photography, it is said that some famous advertising companies are very interested in him. Later, he began to pursue "making something out of nothing", thus inadvertently creating an image expression of great significance in the history of photography.

Techniques-"Photography Series". The so-called "photography series" is actually to tell a complete idea with more than one photo. These works are often full of mysterious, fuzzy and translucent objects.

Move it. Death is the theme he often chooses to express the complex relationship between soul and body. In addition, he also emphasized the importance of those invisible things and stubbornly demonstrated the manipulation power of the invisible hand. Later photos also wrote

The commentary on the screen, even painted directly on the photo, forms a more complex and changeable meaning.

Now Duane michaels is over 70 years old. His classic works have deeply touched us and occupied a place in contemporary photography. Although it is easy for us to forget,

But as a living artist, he still retains the right to keep innovating, which leads to new challenges.

As mentioned earlier, the field where michaels's early works landed was a rebellion against the "decisive moment". He introduced himself into a narrative text, beautiful but full of contradictions. With the publication of the Bible

The student's interest, he is facing greater challenges: life, death, love, seems to have changed from the previous vanguard position. His 1993 collection "Longing for Love and Longing for Death" has already explained this point.

General trend. In his early works, he deliberately added some sweet and greasy themes with a sense of granularity and fuzziness. He likes to paint some dazzling narrative notes under his photos. When hormones are added, especially hormones

After being gay, the result is naturally exciting. This intentional granulation tendency strengthens the desire of the senses and thus has more emotional impact. Those uncertain scrawled words,

Sometimes even the crossed-out paragraphs constitute a close relationship between the photographer and the audience. Michaels seems to be hinting at us: "Give me your trust and I will reveal my dreams, including my weaknesses."

But this is only the "early days" of michaels. In his recent works, words and a little pornography still exist. However, the image becomes clearer, sharper, more confident and full of more fun. most

Surprisingly, the photo turned into color. Michaels often takes color photos of his commercial works, but until four years ago, his personal works always kept black and white photos. But in the near future.

In his works, he uses color film, then scans and post-processes. And the shape of the picture is not limited to the frame of the camera. For example, this set of fan-shaped pictures we see.

Plate brings a wide range of associations, from romantic, enchanting and charming, elegant and concise to gorgeous and even weird. Artists have long been attracted by fan-shaped frames. Especially artists from China and Japan.

I like to immerse myself in it: free painting and coloring, free combination, and finally collected by connoisseurs. Until today's michaels, Degas, Gauguin, bonnard and Picasso all admire hand-painted sectors. while

However, the fans he created are based on Japanese fans, with European interpretations and even misunderstandings.

However, no matter how michaels chooses the European language to develop the department, its origin at least proves that it is more based on painting and image design than photography. However, he chose this form because

That makes sense. He has been immersed in a very pure natural form, and his beautiful and gentle narration is a praise for life in general. Michaels said, "Beauty is always elegant. From the combination of space and lines, as well as

How to form an accurate form between them. Photography and painting are different in this respect. Photography reveals the shape of the whole. Later, you will see things that you didn't notice before, which constitutes the' elegance' of photography. "too.

Perhaps it is in contrast to the challenge of the dominant "decisive moment" or the indifference or even coldness of modernism that michaels indulges in such a unique romantic sentiment and sentimentality. Among them, he was retained.

A consistent open narrative structure and an eternal surprise attitude towards the real world.

In this experienced photographer's new work, he is uncharacteristically intoxicated with the saturation of color. Light and color play a vital role in it. For example, michaels fully enjoys its own land.

The light of the four seasons changes in the garden, or three arrogant geese, although people temporarily forget the unpredictable destruction brought about by the changes of the four seasons. A reporter once asked michaels why he didn't discover color until today.

The charm of. He replied succinctly: "Because my previous concept was not based on color. Fantasy, surrealism, mystery, emotion and antagonistic contradiction space have nothing to do with color. "

Every step he takes these days seems to bring him happiness, a kind of happiness that we can infer and share. He said: "Old age is a gift, not a punishment. These photos are a reward. " He also

Through the writing of characters on the fan, we try to tell us that the world is far wider than the image itself, and all art is just a scam in the end. Just like Brecht's plays, it has produced alienation effect.

Fruit, let a person always alert to those beliefs he insisted on.