Artist Statement
Renate Aller has been photographing the Atlantic ocean for more then a decade from exactly the same viewpoint, a stilted home on Long Island’s South Shore. The photographic project “oceanscapes - one view - ten years” supports her investigation into the relationship between romanticism, memory, and landscape in the context of our current socio-political awareness.
Process Statement
limited edition,
edition of 10 (28x30 image size
edition of 3 (60x40 image size)
archival pigment print on fine art photo paper
Renate Aller lives and works in New York City. The long-term project, photographed from a single location "oceanscapes - one view – 1999 to present" critic’s choice by Nord Wennerstrom for ArtForum, was also reviewed by Vince Aletti for The New Yorker and also highlighted in Martha Schwendener's New York Times review of the Parrish Art Museum's Fall 2011 exhibition, Artists Choose Artists. Schwendener describes Aller's oceanscapes, as "spectral and evocative, with swirling masses of clouds dwarfing the slivers of sea at the bottom of the photographs." The project supports her investigation into the relationship between Romanticism, memory, and landscape in the context of our current socio-political awareness. Pieces from that series and other site specific art installations are in the collections of corporate institutions, private collectors and museums, including Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM, the Chazen Museum of Art – University of Wisconsin, The Yale University Art Gallery, CT, The George Eastman House international Museum for Photography and Film, Rochester, New York, The New Britain Museum of American Art, CT, The New Mexico Museum of Art and Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC among many others. A book on the series Oceanscapes - One View - Ten Years has recently been published by Radius Books of Santa Fe in collaboration with Kehrer Verlag Germany.
Her most recent large scale photo installation with the title “dicotyledon”, is accompanied by a limited edition, hand bound book (publisher Radius Books). Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post writes, “Aller captures shimmering, gem-like moments, offering multiple views with her sense of perfect timing.”
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