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Grain (Abstracts) • 6 artworks
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The exercise I employ most in my work is photographing buildings, walls, telephone poles that aren’t[...]
The exercise I employ most in my work is photographing buildings, walls, telephone poles that aren’t pretty, aren’t ugly (to my mind, anyway) — just banal. Meaningless scenes that posses no intrinsic beauty or quality, represent no particular issue or subject. Visual Rorschach Tests. Koans.
These in particular are from grain elevators I've discovered in my travels doing assignment work in the central and northern mid-west.
The dimensions listed are for the actual image size — there is a margin all around so, the overall dimension of the paper is 32" x 24".
These in particular are from grain elevators I've discovered in my travels doing assignment work in the central and northern mid-west.
The dimensions listed are for the actual image size — there is a margin all around so, the overall dimension of the paper is 32" x 24".
Northtown • 6 artworks
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There was a buddhist monk named Bodhidharma who allegedly stared at a wall for 9 years in deep concentration;[...]
There was a buddhist monk named Bodhidharma who allegedly stared at a wall for 9 years in deep concentration; and when he became frustrated with falling asleep during his meditations, cut off his eyelids. I can’t realistically expect anyone to give these photos of walls more than about 20 seconds attention, never mind inflict disfiguring self-mutilation. But there is some value—I think—in looking at admittedly banal scenes with more than a casual glance.
I’ve been meditating on such walls as these for a lot of years without any good, conscious justification. But I’ve come to question the formal schooling I’ve received that would have me subdue the world with preconceived intentions and an ‘artist’s statement’ written in advance of the seeing. I’m trying to un-learn such mental hamstringing and am growing to trust my eye. I accept these walls and poles and wires as a sort of visual koan, or Rorschach inkblot test and resist assigning too much meaning to them.
I’ve been meditating on such walls as these for a lot of years without any good, conscious justification. But I’ve come to question the formal schooling I’ve received that would have me subdue the world with preconceived intentions and an ‘artist’s statement’ written in advance of the seeing. I’m trying to un-learn such mental hamstringing and am growing to trust my eye. I accept these walls and poles and wires as a sort of visual koan, or Rorschach inkblot test and resist assigning too much meaning to them.
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Biography
Aaron Dougherty's story as a photographer began at age 9, when he convinced his father that he wouldn't crash his Argus C-3. A love of photography seemed to run through his veins, as his paternal grandfather was himself a photographer and captured "stereo" images with a camera that he aimed from below, the camera body pressed against it. his forehead. It was this grandfather who gave him his very first camera, a square Kodak Brownie using large rolls of 120 film.
The love for photography didn't stop there in his family. His father's father-in-law was passionate about cameras, and he introduced them to brands such as Alpa, Exakta, Canon, and many others. Additionally, her great aunt Ivy was a talented photographer and art teacher. All this to say that Aaron inherited a natural passion for photography from his family.
Aaron lives and works in Kansas City, where he studied architecture and earned his bachelor's degree. For almost 30 years, he worked as an architect before turning to architectural photography as a professional.
His life and career are thus marked by photography, architecture and a passion for capturing the world around him. Born in 1958, Aaron Dougherty continues his visual exploration in Kansas City, Missouri, in the United States.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1958
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- Groups: Contemporary American Artists
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Education
1977 - 1982
B. of Architecture, University of Kansas —
Lawrence,
Kansas,
United States
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Collective Expositions
2023
A’23 Aia National Conference —
San Francisco,
CA,
United States
2016
La Biennale Di Venezia —
Venice,
Italy
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