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"Reconstructed Visions" Exhibit

By Max Freedman '17

May 10, 2016

These works are designed to show a personal experience of place. The blurs of color that seem almost randomly arranged represent how I view my surroundings. I break down the things I see into their most basic elements: line, shape and color. By appreciating each element individually, it enables me to have a great understanding of how every part comes together to create what we visually experience.

Assigning my own form to the colors I see, these compositions recreate the essence of my subjects along with the way I experienced them. Some compositions reference famous works of art and others are awkwardly arranged. Each work was designed to show my response to the subject I was photographing. I do not try to hide the edges of the photographs or create seamless transitions as a way to call attention to each part that makes up the whole. By printing these compositions on transparent paper, each work changes with time and daylight and becomes its own dynamic visual experience.

There are three works hanging in the Kennedy Center, two in the front windows of the Kirner-Johnson Building, and two more compositions in the windows of Burke Library. I would like to thank the Steven Daniel Smallen Memorial Fund for making this project possible.