Artist Information:
Sandrine Albert
london n16 6un,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Dec 2001
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Artist Statement:
In the early nineties I began
to use photography as an
artistic medium. I first
concentrated on portraits with
strong atmospheric lighting,
working mostly in black and
white, in a controlled studio
environment. In these works I
questioned the camera/ subject
relation, the subject /
photographer dialogue, the
subject / viewer connection,
the photographer / audience
"relationship", challenging
conventional modes of making
and interpretation.
Over the years my approach to
the medium evolved, I began to
feel restricted by the two
dimensionality of photography.
In the mid-nineties, I started
to create three-dimensional
pieces. In these artworks my
photographs interact with
other media: the pictures and
the 3D structure encapsulating
them complements each other.
With these works I seek to
develop the genre both as an
emotional expressive form and
as a sophisticated visual
language in which the very
methods through which the
pieces are constructed form
part of their meaning (I Use
metal, wood, glass, mirror….).
My themes embrace subjects
such as: Sexual abjection
(rape / abortion), Emotional
queries (sadness/ loneliness/
fears/ paranoia), Psychosexual
issues (exhibitionism /
voyeurism), Self-analysis.
At the end of the nineties I
began to experiment more with
installations and the use of
the space they evolved from. I
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Artist Exhibitions:
2002 "A tribute to modern
Babylon" site-specific
installation @ Queen mary
hostel in London N1
2001 - "scrap" - @ Glass
Shrimp, London N1
2001 - "City Without Frontiers
: The Atelier des Artistes" in
Alexandria, Egypt - video.
2000 - "One Sunday afternoon"
video installation
commissioned by the Lux
Centre, showed for the London
Film Festival ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
10/98 - "Exhibitionist" in D+
magazine
07/98 - Picture of Quickspace
in the EYE (Supplement to the
Independent Newspaper)
07/98 - Picture of Quickspace
in Time Out
1998 - Book analysing my work
+ 3 other women photographers
- Nexus vol. 5 "Face to face"
- Theory and practise in
Contemporary Women
Photography, written ...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
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Sandrine Albert's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Sandrine Albert's Portfolio. Browse Albert's body of work: In the early nineties I began to use photography as an artistic medium. I first concentrated on portraits with strong atmospheric lighting, working mostly in black and white, in a controlled studio environment. In these works I questioned the camera/ subject relation, the subject / photographer dialogue, the subject / viewer connection, the photographer / audience "relationship", challenging conventional modes of making and interpretation.
Over the years my approach to the medium evolved, I began to feel restricted by the two dimensionality of photography. In the mid-nineties, I started to create three-dimensional pieces. In these artworks my photographs interact with other ... |
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