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I am familiar with the work of Justine Kaszynski. Not to say on a personal level, but my thesis show was right before hers and lets just say Transpace Gallery at Illinois State University has a very quick turnover rate for their shows. So the day after my show I was tearing down as Justine was preparing to set up. Initially I thought the work to be very compelling, but was still frantically trying to get out of her way so did not get the time in with it that I needed.
So today I decided to go take a look and see how the whole turned out after curation. It looks phenomenal! The ambiguous nature of the prints leave a lot of curiosity on my end. The shots are mostly close ups of different materials although I find myself
moving in for an even closer look.
Justine is using different materials, that have a transparency to them or a reflective nature. She
them set in an environment that she constructed. She then projects different colored light onto or around the objects. I feel this is what makes the work so gripping. It gives us the fades of color that are naturally occurring within the setting Justine has created. It has the effect of an abstract painting , but the process she uses is intriguing. She is taking advantage of the materials as well as the element of color through light. It is a captivating experience that allows us to wander in and out of.
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Liminal defined is of or relating to to a sensory threshold, or something that is barely perceptible. I feel that this title compliments this work whether the translation of the definition. Even though the prints are crisp in the right places as well as muted in others, I still feel like I need to go deeper into them to explore and conquer. As for relating to a sensory threshold hits my sense of vision with an arsenal of color and composition choices that excite me. With all of this it creates an atmosphere that I feel a part of, but one that is of the unknown and it leaves me wanting more.
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