SKOGLUND, Sandy

Looking at the works that Sandy Skoglund, undisputed pioneer of the Staged Photography, produced since the '70s, it becomes possible to access a wonderful and disturbing world, where enchantment and anxiety, everyday life and fairy tales live harmoniously together. Trying to define her works can be really hard: are they sculptures, or installations, or photographs of installations and sculptures?

Nothing of what composes the image is manipulated with photoshop: on the contrary, everything appears for what it really is. The artist herself creates, detail after detail, the scenographies. Every element of the entire setting is a work of art by itself. After completing the set, she adds the different hand-made sculptures in clay and resin and then the human characters, achieving the idea of a total work of art.

"People often ask me why I didn't create my images by computer: it would change the meaning. Knowing that what we look at, is real, would change our perception of the image", stated the artist talking about her production.

Her photographs and her installations belong to the collections of the most important museums and institutions all over the world: Centre Pompidou, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Whitney Museum, Denver Museum, Getty Museum, Maison Européenne de la Photographie...

Moreover, the great anthological volume on Sandy Skoglund curated by Prof. Germano Celant is going to be pulbished soon. In the same time there will also be three important exhibitions to promote Sandy Skoglund's new and so long awaited work "Winter": one in Italy, one in Europe and one international.

Atomic Love, 1992, color photograph, approx. image area cm 119.4x155 ca.
Winter Flake nr.6, print on metal - unique piece, diameter cm 50 ca.
Winter Flake nr.4, print on metal - unique piece, diameter cm 50 ca.
Winter - work in progress (preview), 2016, color photograph, approx. image area cm 100x125 ca.
Fox Games, 1989, color photograph, approx. image area cm 115.6x157.5 ca.
Picnic on wine, 2003, color photograph, approx. image area cm 105x130 ca.
Breathing Glass, 200, color photograph, approx. image area cm 97.5x131.25 ca.
Revenge of the Goldfish, 1981, color photograph, approx. image area cm 68.75x87.5 ca.
Radioactive Cats, 1980, color photograph, approx. image area cm 63.75 x82.5 ca.
Fox from “The Grey Foxes”, 1989, cast plyester resin, cm 127 x 41 x 66 ca.
The Grey Foxes, 2008, color photograph, cm 79 x 61 ca.
Walking on Eggshells, 1997, color photograph, approx. image area cm 117.5x152.5 ca.
The Green House, 1990, color photograph, approx. image area cm 115.6x148.12 ca.
The Cocktail Party,1992, color photograph, approx. image area cm 120x162.5 ca.
Knees in tub, 1977, color photograph, approx. image area cm 35.56x36.57 ca.
Toaster, 1977, color photograph, approx. image area cm 33x42.67 ca.
Looking through a tomato, 1977, color photograph, cm 35.56x31.5 ca.
Two Boxes, 1978, color photograph, approx. image area cm 63.12x80.62 ca.
Shimmering Madness, 1998, color photograph, approx. image area cm 90x115 ca.
Raining Popcorn, 2001, color photograph, approx. image area cm 97.5x123.75 ca.
Hangers, 1979, color photograph, approx. image area cm 63.75x85 ca.
Squirrels at the Drive-In, 1996, photolithograph, ink on Ragcote paper, approx. image area cm 50x63.75 ca.
As far as the eye can see, 2001, color photograph, approx. image area cm 30.6x40.6 ca.
Fresh Hybrid, 2008, color photograph, limited edition in 3 formats
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Spirituality in the Flesh, 1992, color photograph, approx. image area cm 89.4x70 ca.
A Breeze at work, 1987, color photograph, approx. image area cm 95x135 ca.
Accessories, 1979, color photograph, approx. image area cm 67.5x85 ca.
Spoons, 1979, color photograph, approx. image area cm 63.75x85 ca.
The Invisible Web, 1986, color photograph, approx. image area cm 66.25x95 ca.
Gathering Paradise, 1991, color photograph, approx. image area cm 118.12x152.5 ca.
Maybe Babies, 1983, color photograph, approx. image area cm 71.56x78.75 ca.
Red Flower, 1986, from the True Fiction series, color photograph, approx. image area cm 35x62.5 ca.
Nine slices of Marblecake, 1978, from the Still Life series, color photograph, approx. image area cm 54.7x69.7 ca.
The Theory of Energy, 1986, from the True Fiction series,color photograph, approx. image area cm 35x62.5 ca.
Cubed carrots and kernels of corn, 1978, from the Still Life series, color photograph, approx. image area cm 55x70 ca.

SKOGLUND, Sandy

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