{"id":1203,"date":"2009-10-24T17:32:57","date_gmt":"2009-10-25T00:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2009\/10\/russ_sawyers_homemade_wastelan\/"},"modified":"2009-10-24T17:32:57","modified_gmt":"2009-10-25T00:32:57","slug":"russ_sawyers_homemade_wastelan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2009\/10\/russ_sawyers_homemade_wastelan.html","title":{"rendered":"Ross Sawyers’ homemade wasteland"},"content":{"rendered":"

Like Thomas Demand<\/a>,  Oliver Boberg<\/a>, James Casebere<\/a> and Lori Nix<\/a>,
\nRoss Sawyer<\/strike> Sawyers constructs models that he photographs as full-scale environments. <\/p>\n

Demand’s are meticulous and devoid of oxygen. Boberg’s explore the homey banality of the ordinary. Casebere’s focuses on the ornate, often after a flood, and Nix’s are fantastical. Each manages to make worlds from doll-house stage sets.<\/p>\n

Sawyers’ are constructed to look as if they are still under construction, and photographed as if they are melodies orchestrated with light. <\/p>\n

Wrote Andrew Kozlowski<\/a> in Art Papers<\/i><\/a>, September\/October, 2009: <\/p>\n

These spaces recall unfinished housing developments and luxury condo projects abandoned by unscrupulous investors, ready to fall down at any moment.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In the untitled photo above, the floor becomes liquid at it meets the white scrim, which extends to a rectangle that appears to be three-dimensional at the top and flat at the bottom. A full moon casts its reflection on the blue water, bringing to mind the seascapes Arthur Dove<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"russsawyerdustpile.jpg\"More toying with art history. Above, James Turrell meets Wolfgang Laib<\/a> meets Rothko.<\/p>\n

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\"russsawyerblownbw.jpg\"Above, light wrapped and ready with nowhere to go.<\/p>\n

At Platform Gallery<\/a> through Nov. 28.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like Thomas Demand,  Oliver Boberg, James Casebere and Lori Nix, Ross Sawyer Sawyers constructs models that he photographs as full-scale environments. Demand’s are meticulous and devoid of oxygen. Boberg’s explore the homey banality of the ordinary. Casebere’s focuses on the ornate, often after a flood, and Nix’s are fantastical. Each manages to make worlds from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}