Garth Amundson and Pierre Gour challenge traditional conventions of the photograph as a two-dimensional object. They explain, “The installation HEAD(S) is a by-product of our previous works, Cut-It-Out and Penetrating Cuts, in which we scanned thousands of vintage and contemporary photographs and snapshots. In this project, we selected the cut-out male faces to mount with 2-inch bank pins directly into the wall. The display references the historic use of photographs for scientific categorization and identification. In this context, we are reflecting on our own social construction and the fluidity of masculinity and how it is presented through ...
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