David LaChapelle "Negative Currency "+ "Recollections In America"
In the series “Negative Currency” LaChapelle revives a developing process with which he previously experimented in 1990. By using the enlarger in the darkroom, LaChapelle used dollar bills in the place of a negative and the resulting effect was a pink print that shows both sides of the currency at once. By rendering the image of the physical currency as a virtual negative, he makes a direct correlation to the recent economic collapse being based on false commodities and misrepresented capital.
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Also on view, though, is a more subdued LaChapelle series called “Recollections in America." Here, the photographer brings an element of slapstick to the same sort of found, everyday snapshots by anonymous photographers that formed the basis of Shore’s aesthetic. Through digital manipulation, LaChapelle enlivens middle-brow parties and gatherings after the fact. The results are incongruous yet almost believable. The artist's fictive insertions give the original event a dark poignancy and universal resonance that it wouldn't otherwise have.
Daniel Askill "Three Rituals"
In his first exhibition at PRISM, filmmaker and artist Daniel Askill will present film, photographic stills, small-scale video installations and sculptural works. Each of the pieces on view are a meditation on the notion of ritual and how it can be viewed through the eyes of modern culture. Central to the installation is Modern Worship, a large-scale looping video installation that draws on elements of pop culture, Hollywood spectacle and global disaster. The work explores the media's portrayal of modern events, the way in which we receive this information, and the multiplicity of its delivery.
September 27th - November 5th
Opening Reception
Tuesday Sept 27, 2011 7-9 pm
PRISM
8746 West Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, CA 90069
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