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Tammy Rae Carland
Ladybird, Ladybird, 1990/2021
Archival pigment print, 16 x 20 inches
Edition 2/5, signed, verso
Unframed
Courtesy of the artist and Jessica Silverman Gallery
Estimated value: $4,000
The photograph Ladybird, Ladybird is part of a photographic series the artist produced from 1988 to 1991. The work re-creates the cinematic and theatrical sets of her childhood escape into films and books and explores girlhood as both a site of resistance and a constructed performance. It was made while the artist was contributing to the dialogs and critiques that led to the feminist movement called riot grrrl. The artist chose this piece not only because it literally embodies the title of this auction honoring her beloved colleague Chris Johnson, but also because it is the first photograph she created using a 4x5 view camera, a tool that Chris has been teaching young artists how to use for decades.
Image courtesy of Josef Jacques
About the Artist:
Tammy Rae Carland
Tammy Rae Carland is an artist whose work primarily addresses marginalization, performance, and archives of affect. Carland mostly works with photography but also utilizes film, video, sculpture, and small press publications. Her work has been exhibited and screened internationally. Group shows include the 12th Istanbul Biennale in Turkey; and Seeing Gertrude Stein at Contemporary Jewish Museum and the Bay Area Now 6 exhibition at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. She has had several solo shows at Jessica Silverman Gallery in San Francisco, which represents her.
Her photographs and writings have been published in numerous publications and books, including The Passionate Camera, Queer Bodies of Desire, Lesbian Art in America, A Girl’s Guide to Taking Over the World, and Art & Queer Culture. Duke Press features her work in the book Feeling Photography, and she is featured in the book 33 Artists and 3 Acts by Sarah Thornton. She collaborated on the record art of seminal underground music releases and in the 1990s produced a series of influential fanzines, including I (heart) Amy Carter. From 1997 to 2004 she co-ran Mr. Lady Records and Videos, an independent record label and video art distribution company dedicated to feminist and queer culture. She is currently the provost of California College of the Arts.
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