Chris Jordan's online photography gallery. Intolerable Beauty draws from five bodies of photographic and video works spanning 2003 to current works-in-progress: Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption (2003 - 2005); Midway: … ... CHRIS JORDAN has exhibited his work internationally and is the recipient of the Greenleaf Award and a Lannan Foundation Production Grant. Chris Jordan photographs American mass consumption. Chris Jordan: I am frequently surprised by how little negative feedback I get for my criticism of the American way of life. Cliffs of garbage, small cities of shipping containers, and endless grids of mass-produced goods indicates the sheer amount of stuff we make and consume every day. Fall Opening Reception: Saturday, October 5, 2019, 6pm - 8pm: Many contemporary artists are integrating environmental themes into their work. Circuit boards, Atlanta 2004 from Chris Jordan's . Chris Jordan: Intolerable Beauty Culver Center of the Arts July 6, 2019 - January 5, 2020. Chris Jordan is an artist based in Seattle, Washington. ... by Chris Jordan (2006-07-01) by Chris Jordan | Jan 1, 1770. Many of Jordan's works are created from photographs of garbage and mass consumption, a serendipitous technique which started when he visited an industrial yard to look at patterns of color and order. Genre/Form: Exhibition catalogs Exhibitions: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Jordan, Chris, 1963-Intolerable beauty. Chris Jordan: It’s been on my mind for a while and already came out in my series “Intolerable Beauty” [2003-2005] where I took photographs of American mass consumption. Chris Jordan explains his intention in transforming data into art: “E ach of us attempts to build this new kind of worldview.
Chris Jordan (born 1963) is an American artist, photographer and film producer based in Seattle, Washington. First though, I came to the topic by chance: I had photographed a pile of garbage and found it beautiful, because it was an exquisitely complex image with great colour. Il dénonce le délire consommateur qui aboutit à des montagnes de déchets. Works. Les photos de Chris Jordan permettent de visualiser des nombres incompréhensibles par leur énormité. Un titre qui renvoie au film de Sam Mendes "American Beauty" (1999): dans un cadre propret et lisse la famille américaine s'effondre sur elle même.Le couple parfait implose tandis que les adolescents déboussolés contemplent la vidéo d'un sac plastique. Few, however, can rival the centrality of the ecological themes in the work of photographer and artist Chris Jordan. Jul 15, 2009. Chris Jordan's online photography gallery. Intolerable Beauty: Portraits of American Mass Consumption. . Intolerable Beauty Series: "There's this contrast between the beauty in the images and the underlying grotesqueness of the subjects.
Chris Jordan: Intolerable Beauty is a stunning exhibition and visual journey into exploring the consequences of mass consumption and global plastics pollution in the ocean and on earth. Many of Jordan’s works are created from photographs of garbage and mass consumption, a serendipitous technique which started when he visited an industrial yard to look at patterns of color and order. Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait En 2005, Jordan commence la série Intolerable Beauty au titre très parlant, "Beauté Intolérable".