I Can Only Remember What I Don’t Forget—Gone Forever
My project, I Can Only Remember What I Don’t Forget—Gone Forever references the work of John Baldessari, Ilene Segalove and others who incorporated texts and photography into his work. Although my photographs do not change the original context, the new appropriated mages change the meaning.
Although the moment may be impossible to reproduce, it often lingers in my mind as I sift through my photographs and recreate personal memories. However, the moment is never the same and the memory of that brief time period fades quickly.
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a
moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”― Karl Lagerfeld
After almost 50 years, I rediscovered photographs captured on my honeymoon and in the early years of my marriage. I was struck by two entities—landscapes that haven’t changed with time, and people who have.
After almost 50 years, I rediscovered photographs captured on my honeymoon and in the early years of my marriage. I was struck by two entities—landscapes that haven’t changed with time, and people who have.
My project, I Can Only Remember What I Don’t Forget—Gone Forever references the work of John Baldessari, Ilene Segalove and others who incorporated texts and photography into his work. Although my photographs do not change the original context, the new appropriated mages change the meaning.
Ilene Segalove
appropriated Images in the 1970’s as a precursor to “The Pictues Generation,”
an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2009) which was the first
formal labeling of a group of artists whose work was derived from the
appropriation of images.
Inherent in our understanding of appropriation is the concept that the new work recontextualizes whatever it borrows to create another work. In my images, I am using photographs of my vacations around the state of California to create a new context in which one may view them and place themselves in the image.
Inherent in our understanding of appropriation is the concept that the new work recontextualizes whatever it borrows to create another work. In my images, I am using photographs of my vacations around the state of California to create a new context in which one may view them and place themselves in the image.
Although the moment may be impossible to reproduce, it often lingers in my mind as I sift through my photographs and recreate personal memories. However, the moment is never the same and the memory of that brief time period fades quickly.
I
Can Only Remember What I Don’t Forget—Gone Forever
is about the appropriation of images. Reproducing vintage photographs with the
figures out of focus.It is
about understanding my personal history, the process of aging and how only a
photograph can truly recreate an experience.
Artist Bio:
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Ellen Cantor graduated from the
University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and UCLA Interior and Architectural
Design Program. After a career in Interior Design, she shifted her focus into
fine art photography in 2000.
She has studied photography at Santa Fe Workshops, with Freeman
Patterson and Andre Gallant in Canada and at the Los Angeles Center for Fine
Art Photography with Aline Smithson.
Since 2002, Ellen has exhibited in more than
100 shows in Los Angeles, throughout the United States, Europe and Asia
including UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA; Palos Verdes Art Center,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA; LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA; Hebrew Union
College-JIR, Los Angeles, CA; Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE; Torrance Art
Museum, Torrance, CA; Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL; Galerie Nadine Feront,
Brussels, Belgium; Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO; Los
Angeles Center of Photography, Los Angeles, CA; Texas Photographic Society,
Johnson City, TX; Yeosu International Art Festival and International Biennale
in Yeosu, Korea, among others.
She is a founding member of The Peacock Group,
a fine art photography collective in the South Bay. Cantor is also a member of
the Los Angeles Art Association (LAAA}, Gallery 825 and the Jewish Artists
Initiative . The LAAA is a prestigious non-profit arts organization that
supports, nurtures and develops artists based in Los Angeles.
Her work has appeared on these ezines:
Lenscratch.com, f-stopmagazine.com and fractionmagazine.com
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