Here-Not-Here

Here-Not-Here

SolwayJones, Los Angeles, 2004

“Here Not Here” used the elaborate patterns of Chinese garden tracery windows as a template for eight collages made of cut photographs on mirror. The collages were hung on a composite of scenic wallpaper that wraped the gallery walls and depicted a series of waterfalls, streams and ponds from a variety of locations and perspectives. The viewer’s motion through the exhibition space generated constantly shifting views and levels of visual information between the scenic murals, the collages and the reflections of the gallery environment. These fluctuating views accentuated the viewer’s present position in the gallery while simultaneously referring to the illusion of space in the photographic imagery and in the mirrors to create a framework for examining visual perception. The complexity of this visual experience relateed closely to the goals of classical Chinese garden designers.