{"id":2707,"date":"2013-09-23T14:42:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-23T12:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.it\/cfa\/?p=2707"},"modified":"2018-09-06T15:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T13:23:27","slug":"lucas-blalock-capturing-the-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/09\/23\/lucas-blalock-capturing-the-wait\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Blalock: when capturing the wait"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2707 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/09\/23\/lucas-blalock-capturing-the-wait\/peg-leg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"119\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Peg-Leg.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2708\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2708'>\n\t\t\t\tLucas Blalock, Peg Leg, 2012, chromogenic print, 40 x 32 inches framed (102 x 81 cms), Edition 1\/1 + 1AP\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2015\/04\/07\/proustian-questions-to-lucas-blalock-in-occasion-of-his-solo-show-at-rodolphe-janssen\/lbla013\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/LBla013-383x480.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10216\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10216'>\n\t\t\t\tLucas Blalock, Given holes and holes and houses and birds, 2014.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Lucas Blalock is currently having his second solo show at <a title=\"Lucas Blalock solo shoe at Reminken Crucible\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ramikencrucible.com\/id-ed-ad-od\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reminken Crucible<\/a>. In this case we will try to analyze a single work, instead of writing in general about his photography. So many times the artist has talked about it and, of course, we wouldn&#8217;t like to spoil <a title=\"Interview with Lucas Blalock\" href=\"http:\/\/paper-journal.com\/interview-lucas-blalock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blalock&#8217;s effective critical outlook on himself<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Peg leg: definition\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pegleg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peg Leg<\/a> is a unique chromogenic print dated 2012. A woman in black transparent underwear stands on a white wall. Her face and her shoulders are out of the image, and a wooden similar board is onto her left leg. Despite her outfit, she wears men&#8217;s shoes. At her sides there are a pink curtain and a metallic stool turned upside down. A socket and some electric wires are on the floor testifying the presence of someone, probably the photographer, who is shooting the set under an artificial light.<\/p>\n<p>At a first glance it seems that we are in front of a mysterious scene. As a journalist, or a detective would do, you probably start by asking yourself who, where, what, when&#8230; and, of course, why. But you soon realize that if you go this way you are likely to fail. The image is the only evidence you have and this is exactly what the artist \u2013 who is present behind the camera \u2013 is saying: it&#8217;s not about reality, but how he wants it to appear to your eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Organized colors, various objects, a female body, electricity and light, nudity, shades. These are the mental elements which have to be considered as primitive visual prototypes, apparently out of any specific experience, but purely existent in the mind of whoever is looking at them. It follows that the five basic questions are reduced to a single one: why am I feeling this attraction for the image? And one of the possible answers is, because it makes me waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucas Blalock is currently having his second solo show at Reminken Crucible. 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