Brooklyn, NY
Top: Specimen 1, 2005
Bottom: Specimen 5, 2005
Contact C-Print from Wet Plate Collodion Negative
Image size: 5 x 7 inches
$390 each framed
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www.galinakurlat.com
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Specimen is a series that attempts to add permanence to the temporal nature of personal experience. By bottling the physical traces left behind from significant life events, objects that which would otherwise fade with time are preserved. A removed tooth, lover’s hair, kelp from a trip to the shore, all these mementos spark nostalgia, and are shown in an ultimately futile attempt to preserve them from wear and age.
The Ambrotype (wet collodion poured onto a glass plate) as well as the subject matter both reflect the inherent duality of glass as a permanent container and a fragile medium. Each sealed vessel contains personal effects as well as elements sampled from nature.Artist Biography
Galina Kurlat was born in Moscow in 1981 and emigrated to the United States along with her family shortly after the fall of communism in 1989. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Pratt Institute in 2005 and currently resides in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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