Jackson Fine Art is excited to announce our spring exhibitions of new work by Masao Yamamoto and Carolyn Carr, two artists whose innovative interpretations of the cultivated landscape usher one of photography’s foundational subjects into the 21stcentury. Photography and florals have a rich history, with early artists depending on florals to communicate symbolism and convey beauty; Carr and Yamamoto, in turn, draw on their surrounding environments to offer cultural signifiers of beauty and calm increasingly invaluable in a tumultuous time.
In her newest series, Out of the Studio, Carr similarly conflates the natural world with artistic construction. Known for her multimedia installations and experimental photography, Carr’s work addresses the battle and attendant healing inherent in the struggle to establish personal identity within a cultural landscape. In this series, Carr takes a formalist turn, photographing plant and mineral life native to the Black Mountains of North Carolina en plein air, nodding to the past by utilizing a box easel and employing natural light and shadow to capture still lifes at turns delicate and ominous.