Gary Schneider: Nudes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781931788625)

In this previously unpublished body of work, Gary Schneider presents a haunting series of nudes and faces that emerge and seem to float above a receding black ground. Each image is rendered through a long exposure and by exploring the surfaces of the skin with a small handheld light. Due to the prolonged time required and the inevitable movements and consequent distortions that occur in the process, the results both reveal and obscure the intimate physical details and personality of the individual who poses. The sensibility and the obsessions of the artist are reflected by his decisions to expose certain areas more than others. The skin-tones are lush and luminous as they emerge from the darkness, yet these portraits also disturb as a result of the exaggerations and irregularities--the blurred traces of unconscious gesture matched with a stiffness that implies the innate physicality and mortality within each body.

Author: Gary Schneider
ISBN-10: 1931788626
ISBN-13: 9781931788625
Publisher: Aperture
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2005
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.20lbs
Size: 18.25h x 9.35w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/16/2005