Poetic and Symbolism by Cooper & Gorfer

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Poetic and Symbolism by Cooper & Gorfer

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Cooper & Gorfer consists of the artists Sarah Cooper (US, 1974) and Nina Gorfer, (Austria, 1979). The artist

duo is known for their distinct painterly aesthetics and poetic hybrid image collages. Their work often

revolves around issues of cultural identity and the genius loci, in search for the connection between

people, story and place. Their imagery is often based on and a result of comprehensive research travels in

close collaboration with the subjects they are portraying, with the photographers carefully directing their

productions.

Cooper & Gorfer are photographers in origin but strive away from realistic representation. Using an

advanced collage technique, they construct their photo-based works like paintings. They distort

proportions and shift time and space, stage rigorously, and use stylized poses and gestures to break up the

world into parts and rearrange them into an enigmatic and exaggerated ensemble. Like art history’s

Mannerists, Pre-Raphaelites, or Surrealists, Cooper & Gorfer strain observable reality through a complex

psychological filter of dreams, moods, fears and wounds, both their own and those they have encountered.

Interpreting present-day identities by crossing genres from centuries of visual culture.

-- Cooper & Gorfer

詩意與象徵主義的遠征Sarah Cooper & Nina Gorfer 組合的作品是令人驚豔的手工藝品，通過精心佈置密碼一樣的象徵品與攝影的拼貼，我們可以發現細碎的關於記憶，家庭，社會，文化，歷史在人物身上種種實在的烙印。

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March 23, 2017 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.CAll photos were taken from Cooper & Gorfer, Internet…etc.Music : Johann Sebastian Bach - Air

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