Sarah Malakoff is the Queen of Interior Intrigue. Her formally composed, large format color photographs reveal some wildly conceived interior domestic spaces, teeming with visual and psychological puzzles. Perhaps the most revealing of belongings is the pictures people choose to place in their rooms, not to mention where they choose to place them. That is the captivating focus of Malakoff’s current exhibit, Interior Portraits, now at the Garner Center in the New England School of Photography (NESOP) in Boston’s Kenmore Square through February 12, 2016.
You can meet the artist at a free, public reception and book signing on Thursday, February 4, 2016 from 5:30 – 7:00pm.
“Lady at Dressing Table, 2014” by Sarah Malakoff (courtesy of the artist and Miller Yezerski Gallery, Boston).
The way in which Malakoff utilizes both line and color to create dynamic visual tension neatly accentuates the prized pictures in the rooms she photographs. But she goes further, deliberately contrasting compositional formality with riotously eclectic American decorating sensibilities to deliver a subtle and effective punch. Interior Portraits is an apt title, as both the pictures and the rooms in which they are carefully positioned are obvious studies of the human inhabitants we never see, but find ourselves furiously conjuring in our imaginations. Some of the pet renditions are especially hilarious, even as we realize we’re laughing at ourselves, in all our pomp and poignancy.
“Monk, 2014” by Sarah Malakoff (courtesy of the artist and Miller Yezerski Gallery, Boston).
For more information about the reception and this exhibit, go to: http://www.nesop.edu/events/the-garner-center/interior-portraits-sarah-malakoff/
To see more of Sarah Malakoff’s Interior Portraits, go to: http://sarahmalakoff.com/images-1/album/interior-portraits
Feature Image: “Vermeer Copy, 2014” (detail) by Sarah Malakoff (courtesy of the artist and Miller Yezerski Gallery, Boston).
“Pepi, 2009” by Sarah Malakoff (courtesy of the artist and Miller Yezerski Gallery, Boston).
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