Photography and mixed media
(left) L. Mikelle Standbridge, 2017, Small Brain Tumor
From the series, Photo-bodies: In between the edge of a stitched soul. Photography and mixed media (digital inkjet pigment print on 100% cotton Fine Art Photography paper), 9.4 x 9.4 in. Editions of 1-9 + I artist proof. Each edition number varies in its final form, as a hand-made ‘photo-sculpture'. Edition 3/9
(middle) L. Mikelle Standbridge, 2018, Body Bag (keeping the oblivion of death at bay)
From the series, Photo-bodies: In between the edge of a stitched soul. Photography and mixed media (digital inkjet pigment print on 100% cotton Fine Art Photography paper), 8.6 x 5.9 x .5 in. Editions of 1-9 + I artist proof. Each edition number varies in its final form, as a hand-made ‘photo-sculpture'. Edition 5/9, SOLD
(right) L. Mikelle Standbridge, 2017, The Big Heart in the Little Girl
From the series, Photo-bodies: In between the edge of a stitched soul. Photography and mixed media (digital inkjet pigment print on 100% cotton Fine Art Photography paper), 7 x 5 in. Editions of 1-9 + I artist proof. Each edition number varies in its final form, as a hand-made ‘photo-sculpture'. Edition 1/9
INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTIST: Watch the recorded Live Feed with Milan based artist L. Mikelle Standbridge featured in the exhibition, “Agent of Ordinary Pleasures”
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We talk to the artist and find out about each work and the story behind the creation.
ARTIST STATEMENT about the series, In Between the Edge of a Stitched Soul
In Between the Edge of a Stitched Soul is about the relationship between bodies and photographs, creating synergism between the subject photographed and the physical representation of it. Prints are usually hung flat, putting all or most of the attention on the subject in the photograph, whereas I want the print itself to also be part of the subject. The materiality of the photographic paper, such as the ‘grammage’ or paper density, the cotton base, and pliability are all ‘fine art’ photographic paper characteristics that lend themselves to extending the concept of ‘body’ to the presentation as well.
BIOGRAPHY
L. Mikelle has her B.F.A. from San Francisco State University and during her degree, she integrated 3 years in France to study French, darkroom printing, and Art History at the Univ. of Paris. She was then awarded a scholarship to the Univ. of Chicago where she got her M.F.A in Photography. She taught photography in Chicago at Columbia College and was also awarded two years in a row the CAAP grant (Chicago Artists Assistance Program) by the City of Chicago. She exhibits in international fairs and at Paratissima Turin, from among the hundreds of artists exhibiting, she was chosen as among the top 15. She has been a finalist in multiple Art Photography contests and consequently invited to exhibit, for example, at the Fotissima Fair, Turin, on behalf of Nikon Talent, at the ‘Triennale of Italian Photography" in Venice, and "The European Festival of Nude Photography (FEPN) in Arles, Fr. She also exhibited this last summer at the Gallerie Huit in Arles during the most prestigious photo event in Europe, Les Rencontres. L. Mikelle, currently living in Milan, is represented by the Milan gallery "Gli Eroici Furori – Contemporary Art." and is as well the founder of the non-profit artist association "Casa Regis - Culture and Contemporary Art
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