J Sybylla Smith, In Conversation With David Campany
Description
David Campany pays tribute to the multidisciplinarian artist Robert Cumming, known for his rigorous dedication to the aesthetic tonality of the B & W image and his uncanny investigations into the philosophical nature of perception. Lusciously printed images from original 8 x 10 negatives are evidence of Cummings' masterful camera work marrying his fascination with photography’s ability to simultaneously describe and mislead. David Campany's equal sensibilities are evident in an erudite, witty essay and compelling image sequence.
In this conversation, David discusses, among other things:
Nonsense & Sensibility
Chicanery & wit
Craft and camera work
Fluid interchange of media
Transition of an object into an image
Looking at work in the round
Not getting pigeonholed
Specialism
Modernist Ideals
Thinking of scale
Landing in the middle
Viewers response to the work provides its meaning
All you can do with a watermelon
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