Artist Information:
Greg Markstrom
Minneapolis, MN
United States
Tel: 612-237-6128
Member Since: Apr 2003
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Artist Statement:
The photographs in this series came about as I was attempting to sort through an identity crisis. I seemed to have lost track of who I am. After speaking with a number of people, some real, some fictional, it seems most everyone has developed so many layers it’s difficult to return to the core. We all play so many roles, so many different characters, that it’s easy to lose track of our true identities.
I’ve tried to take all of these battling psyches of an individual and compress them into a single photograph. I’ve combined in various amounts, realities, dreams, fantasies, fears, especially the fears because that’s what drives a lot of us, and thrown them all on a page leaving them to battle it out. Some of the photographs turned into portraits while others took on a more narrative structure.
Hopefully I’ve captured the complexities of some of these people, both real and fictional, that I spoke with.
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Artist Exhibitions:
Fantasy & Fantasies Center for Fine Art Photography Ft Collins, CO 2007
Visable Fringe@ Inside Out Gallery Minneapolis, MN 2004
Art-A-Whirl Minneapolis, MN 2004
NEMAA Fine Arts Show Minneapolis, MN 2004
Icebox Gallery Minneapolis, MN 2003
Minnetonka Center for the Arts Wayzata, MN 2003
Hennipen History Center Minneapolis, MN...
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Greg Markstrom's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Greg Markstrom's Portfolio. Browse Markstrom's body of work: The photographs in this series came about as I was attempting to sort through an identity crisis. I seemed to have lost track of who I am. After speaking with a number of people, some real, some fictional, it seems most everyone has developed so many layers it’s difficult to return to the core. We all play so many roles, so many different characters, that it’s easy to lose track of our true identities.
I’ve tried to take all of these battling psyches of an individual and compress them into a single photograph. I’ve combined in ... | |
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Summer Afternoon, 2003 Other Photograph, 13 x 19 inches Price: US$ 200 €: 127 UK £: 99 ¥en: 19865
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Magalena, 2003 Other Photograph, 13 x 19 inches Price: US$ 200 €: 127 UK £: 99 ¥en: 19865
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Please Whisper, 2003 Other Photograph, 13 x 19 inches Price: US$ 200 €: 127 UK £: 99 ¥en: 19865
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Beyond the Styx, 2003 Other Photograph, 19 x 13 inches Price: US$ 200 €: 127 UK £: 99 ¥en: 19865
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Rachel With Red Hair, 2003 Other Photograph, 13 x 19 inches Price: US$ 200 €: 127 UK £: 99 ¥en: 19865
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Broken Promise, 2003 Other Photograph, 13 x 19 inches Price: US$ 200 €: 127 UK £: 99 ¥en: 19865
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