Katy Grannan in London and New York
Now on view at the Photographers’ Gallery in London is American Portraitist Katy Grannan’s show, The Westerns. These large-format photographs feature portraits of individuals living on the west coast of America. By employing non-professional models and most often allowing them to choose their own pose and costume, Grannan achieves greater psychological insight through her work. Dilemmas concerning the transience of identity and the point of fantasy meeting reality are brought to the forefront, leaving the viewer to admire both the formal qualities of the images and the pioneer spirits of the individuals pictured. The concept of the American West has always carried connotations of endless possibilities, and Grannan’s subjects are seemingly caught betwixt this and the reverberations of modern day Hollywood in what the artist refers to as “a very romantic notion of themselves”.
To see Katy Grannan’s work stateside, check out Salon 94 and Greenburg Van Doren Galleries in New York City.
Click here to buy Katy Grannan’s book Model American through Aperture.
The Westerns
December 6, 2008-February 8, 2009
Photographers’ Gallery
16-18 Ramilles Street, London
0845-262-1618
Another Woman Who Died in Her Sleep
January 9-February 16, 2009
Greenburg Van Doren
730 Fifth Avenue, New York
(212) 445-0444
Lady Into Fox
January 5-February 23, 2009
Salon 94
12 East 94th Street, New York
(646) 672-9212
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