ELAINE GAN

THE AMBASSADORS, 2006

Six photomontage panels consisting of c-prints mounted on black plexiglass. The photomontages combine fashion ads with news photos of protests published in the same six-month period. Representations of human beings are violated: models in ads are blocked out and rendered absent while protesters in news photos are faint, distorted spectral presences. Title is from Hans Holbein’s 1533 anamorphic painting.

Supported in part by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Workspaces Residency Program

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