The
source of the images in this work are snapshots that are drawn
indiscriminately from personal and found family albums. These artifacts
act as both an accurate marker of our past and a device of fiction. The
images wear veils of disappointment. Vacations are boring. Holidays are
plaintive. Play is a state of quarantine. There are also subtle layers
of sadness and fear that are part of our collective history. The
situations represented are ones in which tragedy is unlikely to occur,
but nonetheless the level of anxiety is elevated because the outcome is
unknown.
I use
painting and drawing as a means of choreographing these seemingly
innocuous photographs by both obliterating parts of the image and
placing focus on the slightest gesture. The theatrical nature of these
works attempts to highlight these subtle moments that may otherwise go
unnoticed. Within these recreations lurks a disquieting sub-text
brought about by either an ominous presence within the image itself or
one that is projected as a surrogate onto the viewer.
-Megan McGinnis 2008
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