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Artwork details
- Printing : Digital on Paper
- Framing : Framing on request
- Dimensions : 26.4x39.4in
- Edition : All editions sold (7 / 7)
About this artwork
Our lives are governed by a capitalist system that is unsustainable and destructive. The storefront mannequin may well be viewed as the key icon of egoistic materialism in our time.
By placing a real-life mannequin in unspoiled landscapes, the figure is transformed into a metaphor for our money-driven society’s alienation from the flow of the natural world, and therefore, from itself. Vapidly mocking female flesh, she stands between us and Mother… Earth.
We’re looking in part at what we have become. Both fragile and divine, elegant and monstrous. Home, but utterly lost.
Read the full story here: https://jackritzinger.com/beyond-strayed/
By placing a real-life mannequin in unspoiled landscapes, the figure is transformed into a metaphor for our money-driven society’s alienation from the flow of the natural world, and therefore, from itself. Vapidly mocking female flesh, she stands between us and Mother… Earth.
We’re looking in part at what we have become. Both fragile and divine, elegant and monstrous. Home, but utterly lost.
Read the full story here: https://jackritzinger.com/beyond-strayed/
Jac Kritzinger
South Africa
Credentials
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
Jac Kritzinger is an award-winning fine art photographer with a rich background in travel, portrait, and documentary work, holding a BA Honors in Film and Visual Media.
Kritzinger expertly balances an edgy, stylized aesthetic with a sense of fundamental realism, utilizing emotive color pairing and dynamic lighting while aiming to capture moments authentically in-camera. For the most part, his photographs are deeply personal while at the same time evoking a sense of universal, mystical transcendence, transforming the ordinary into something sublime and deeply evocative. His more conceptual projects often features a strong social conscience and commentary on modern culture. The language of light ultimately illuminates all, and in that sense his work can be seen as a form of visual poetry, inviting viewers to reconnect with a World often lost in plain sight.
Kritzinger expertly balances an edgy, stylized aesthetic with a sense of fundamental realism, utilizing emotive color pairing and dynamic lighting while aiming to capture moments authentically in-camera. For the most part, his photographs are deeply personal while at the same time evoking a sense of universal, mystical transcendence, transforming the ordinary into something sublime and deeply evocative. His more conceptual projects often features a strong social conscience and commentary on modern culture. The language of light ultimately illuminates all, and in that sense his work can be seen as a form of visual poetry, inviting viewers to reconnect with a World often lost in plain sight.