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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark F004302 FOAM PL MON PIOTROWSKA.J 2014 R025479 Ned. Fotomuseum PL MON PIOTROWSKA.J 2014
TitleFrowst
Author
Gregoire Pujade-Lauraine
Edition[editie] First Edition
Photographer
Piotrowska, Joanna (PL, 1968)
Iconographic keywords
mensen
portret
Familie
enscenering
Place of publicationLondon
PublisherMack
Year of publication2014
Pagination48
Illustrationsb&w
Dimensions23.5 cm x 26.5 cm
MaterialMonografie
Document TypeBook
ISBN9781910164105
Bibliographic Noteshc;
SubjectFamiliefoto's, portretfotografie, Geënsceneerde fotografie
Abstract
Joanna Piotrowska's uncomfortable album, a series of staged family shots, insists upon the fundamental anxiety at the heart of the family: its system of relationships, adamantine bonds that are equally oppressive and rewarding. Her images display intimate family scenes - cosily paired bodies, meeting and converging, in images which teeter on the verge of a dysfunctional moment. In one snapshot, two adult brothers lie together on a Persian carpet wearing only white briefs; in another, the black-clothed bodies of two embracing women merge, suggesting the atavistic overlap of mother and daughter. The title itself, which denotes a warm or stuffy atmosphere, captures the paradoxical nature of the family: frowsty spaces are both cosy and claustrophobic, intimate and airless. The images are carefully staged: Piotrowska asked her family subjects to pose in almost sculptural gestures, re-enacting moments of intimacy - repeating spontaneous instants of tenderness, in performances which are imbued with a plethora of new meanings. Influenced by the philosophy of the German psychotherapist Bert Hellinger, Piotrowska integrated movements and gestures from Hellinger's therapeutic method Family Constellations, which attempts to expose and heal multi-generational trauma. Her black-and-white images, intentionally nostalgic for lost moment of happiness, are shrewd observations of the tension of self that pervades every family dynamic.
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| Shelf mark | PL MON PIOTROWSKA.J 2014 |
| Copy number | R025479 |
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| Shelf mark | PL MON PIOTROWSKA.J 2014 |