Lori Nix: The City
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| Rating | : | 4.25 (905 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0983394237 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 76 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-16 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Over the past eight years, Lori Nix (born 1969) has created meticulously detailed model environments and then photographed them--locations within a fictional city that celebrate modern culture, knowledge and innovation. “I am fascinated, maybe even a little obsessed, with the idea of the apocalypse. But her monuments of civilization are abandoned, in a state of ruin where nature has begun to repopulate the spaces. As critic Sidney Lawrence wrote in Art in America: “Oddly endearing, terrifying and often electrifyingly plausible, Nix’s tableaux prod us to ponder the fact that, like it or not, our fate is uncertain.”. In addition to my childhood experiences growing up with natural disasters in Kansas, I also watched disaster flicks in the 1970s. Each of these experiences has greatly infl
The titular library is in the midst of prolonged decay; three trees, possibly aspens, are growing up from the ground, fed natural light and presumably water, through a gaping hole in the roof of the structure. 'I grew up with the ethic, "Work hard and hopefully something good comes of it,"' says Nix, a photojournalist turned-artist whose very good, often post-apocalyptic dioramas are built by hand, taking seven months each to complete. (OUT Magazine)The cover image, Library, is stunning and tells you everything you need to know about the rest of the images contained within. The decay of the library itself is in various stages: some of the art on the wall isn't holding up too well, and the walls t
"Glorious book" according to J. Downie. Lori Nix makes dioramas, but they are dioramas the way the giant redwoods are trees. This book is a collection of photos of her series "The City." Each one tells a woeful story of destruction, of people disappeared. A library with ceilings caving in, mold on the walls, plywood desks buckling and tearing, and books on the shelf neatly waiting for somebody who will never come to borrow them. The great hall of a natural history museum with skeletons of dinosaurs surrounded by . Four Stars Shelia McKennerney overall dazzeling, occasional items are just out of size.. Andrea A. Young said Four Stars. Beautiful work, good quality printing.