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Gregory Crewdson

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Gregory Crewdson's photographic series capture a particularly American state of normalcy--in dissolution. The viewer, at first seduced by what appears to be an idyllic scene, soon discovers subtle off-kilter elements more akin to Film Noir than an NBC comedy. In a work from his Twilight series, yellow school buses are parked outside white wooden houses, and students stand and lounge around in seeming passivity. Something is happening--what, we don't know. The vision is familiar yet unfamiliar, seemingly benign yet threatening. Crewdson goes to great lengths in dramatizing his disturbing suburban scenes, employing elaborate lighting, cranes, props, and extras, espousing a level of behind-the-scenes preparation more akin to the making of a Hollywood movie than the making of a still image. Here perhaps is one place to locate the eerie unreality and narrativity of his pictures, the creepy attention to detail so out of place, come to think of it, in the oh-so-ordinary settings he evokes. Middle-class reality meets the other side of the normal here--by way of Sigmund Freud.

Language: English

Pages: 244

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Release: November 15, 2005

ISBN: 377571622X

ISBN 13: 9783775716222

Gregory Crewdson

4.4/5 ( ratings)

Gregory Crewdson's photographic series capture a particularly American state of normalcy--in dissolution. The viewer, at first seduced by what appears to be an idyllic scene, soon discovers subtle off-kilter elements more akin to Film Noir than an NBC comedy. In a work from his Twilight series, yellow school buses are parked outside white wooden houses, and students stand and lounge around in seeming passivity. Something is happening--what, we don't know. The vision is familiar yet unfamiliar, seemingly benign yet threatening. Crewdson goes to great lengths in dramatizing his disturbing suburban scenes, employing elaborate lighting, cranes, props, and extras, espousing a level of behind-the-scenes preparation more akin to the making of a Hollywood movie than the making of a still image. Here perhaps is one place to locate the eerie unreality and narrativity of his pictures, the creepy attention to detail so out of place, come to think of it, in the oh-so-ordinary settings he evokes. Middle-class reality meets the other side of the normal here--by way of Sigmund Freud.

Language: English

Pages: 244

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Hatje Cantz

Release: November 15, 2005

ISBN: 377571622X

ISBN 13: 9783775716222

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