Thomas Frank - "#987" Mixed Media

"#987" Mixed Media
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Thomas Frank

I have always been interested in gestural forming of images giving a sense of motion to the static marks on a two-dimensional surface. Since my training began in the 1950s when abstract expressionism was at its height, I easily relate to abstract imagery that only refers to itself. And since I have been working in Photographic media, it has always been a goal of mine to adapt abstract gestural imaging to photography. The idea of non-referential images seems to contradict camera-made photography: could subject matter be chosen that reads as pure abstraction and not refer to its source? I have discovered that using a glass black as a filter through which to photograph subjects is working successfully to accomplish the direction I'm currently interested in exploring. Digitally photographed images are only minimally altered in Photoshop, limited to and...

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