Alison Brady is an artist originating from Cleveland, Ohio but is now working and living in New York. She has a MFA in Photography Video and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, New York. She has shown work in many group and solo exhibitions both nationally and internationally. She also has work in many private collections such as that of Sir Elton John's. Currently she has work up in a show at ADA Gallery (Richmond, VA).
I first stumbled upon Alison Brady's work in 2008 and was fascinated by the subconcious emotions, fears and desires that present themselve in her work. Like Mark Jenkins, she intrigues me with the sense of dream like or surreal situations that arrive in each scene. When I view her work I imagine that I'm looking at someones nightmare or twisted dream or maybe even a severely mixed up memory of twisted reality. I am totally infatuated with Bradys work and often find myself searching her new and old photographs for inspiration when I hit a block.
On her work:
"The strong formal contrasts - rough carpet on smooth steps, dark hair against pale skin - subsume any implied noirish narrative. The same holds true for more engaging images in which Brady deforms her idealized figures."
Harris, Jane. Time Out New York: Art Review. New York. June 2007. Print.
"... seem to pick up where the sweetly kinky set up images of Jimmy DeSana (1949-1990) left off; not a bad place to start."
Smith, Roberta. The New York Times. New York. June 2006. Print.
No comments:
Post a Comment