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Monday, Sept.
14, 2009
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Marshall art professor chosen for exhibition in Wisconsin
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Daniel Kaufmann, a photographer who just joined the art and design faculty in Marshall University’s College of Fine Arts, has been chosen to participate in Residual Reality, an exhibition at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. The exhibition began Sept. 10 and will continue through Oct. 1.
“Residual Reality” presents photo collages, virtual environments, sculptures and video installations. It highlights artists such as Robert Heinecken, Joyce Neimanas and Ken Josephson, who are not photographers in the traditional sense but rather artists who used photographs to make art and invented visual images that are not documents of the world. While they do deal with existence and observation of the concrete, they use photography in ways that challenge process, rules and forms.
“Participating in the Residual Reality exhibition has been a wonderful opportunity for me, as an artist who enjoys pushing the boundaries of photography,” Kaufmann said. “The range of participants in the exhibition represents … artists who have challenged the medium of photography from the 1960s to the present.”
Originally from north Florida, Kaufmann received his B.S. from Florida State University and his M.F.A. in Photography from the University of New Mexico. His most recent work explores the relationships among living spaces, construction of identity and consumerism. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including the Pingyao Photography Festival in China.
“We’re excited to bring someone of Daniel Kaufmann’s caliber to the Department of Art and Design at Marshall University,” said Byron Clercx, chair of Marshall’s Department of Art and Design. “This rich exhibition features nationally renowned photographers with emerging new voices in the field, like Kaufmann’s. Daniel’s highly detailed photographs of domestic spaces challenge viewers to reconsider how (their) identity is constructed through metaphoric and material objects.”
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