“The Day of Judgement”
An Exhibition of Art
by
Claudia Smigrod
Opening Reception
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
3:30 – 6:00pm
Gallery Talk at 5:00pm
Artist’s Biosketch
Claudia
Smigrod, Professor of Photography, Corcoran College of Art + Design and
artist based in the Washington, D.C. area. Visiting Assistant Professor,
Swarthmore College, 2002, Visiting Associate Professor, The University
of Georgia, Studies Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy, 1999-present.
Represented in the permanent collections of The Polaroid Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Chrysler Museum, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Greenville County Museum of Art, Georgia Power, and The United States Information Agency, among others.
Claudia Smigrod is represented by The Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Artist’s Statement
Completed during the fall of 2006, The Day of Judgment was photographed under the night skies of Cortona, Italy. Substantially influenced by the booklet, Il Giorno del Giudizio (The Day of Judgment), by Giorgio Agamben, Claudia Smigrod created images that address the transformative quality of the camera; the photograph’s ability to create its own truth.
Rooftops illuminated by overcast skies, rain-flooded alleys, and grates of darkness are among the artist’s subject matter. These indistinct locations create the sensation of doomsday; both announcing the beginnings of time and foretelling the final moments of existence.
The catalogue for the exhibition, authored by Marco Pacioni, addresses Smigrod’s works.
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