clint baclawski experiments with composition in light emerges installations

clint baclawski experiments with composition in light emerges installations
all images courtesy of clint baclawski

massachusetts based artist clint baclawski furthers experiments started by the california light and space movement with a series of new photographic works. titled ‘chromogenic’, ‘vestigial’, ‘death valley’, ‘pink church’, and ‘lush’, the pieces reach beyond the constraints of traditional image composition and framing. in doing so, light becomes reconfigurable, and the bulbs themselves become the medium.

‘chromogenic’, 2014 7’11” x 24” 

photographs within the cylindrical compositions form in segments, and engage viewers over-and-over as they move inwards, outwards, and around the works. each of the five installations mark a distinct approach by baclawski to further play with methods, formats, and materials that push photography towards unexplored territory. 

archival pigment backlight prints are mounted in clear polycarbonate tubes slid over 4′ LED light tubes

‘vestigial’, 2015 2’h x 2’6″w x 4″d

ivory plexiglass mounted to plywood

‘death valley’, 2015 7’h x 11″w x 4″d

blue mirrored plexiglass mounted to dibond

image detail 

‘pink church’, 2014 8’1″h x 11’6″w x 3’d

mirrored plexiglass, birch plywood

‘lush’, 2015 12″h x 128″w x 12″d (dimensions variable)

‘lush’ installation 

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edited by: nick brink | designboom