(front view)



		Rachel Murray Meyer, Daily Meditation,
				photogram on
                   film, vellum, brass, found objects, Plexiglas and 
            motor-driven light bulb, 18 x 14 x 24 in, 1996.



							(side view)
					






         Out of the Darkness/Handling Shadows,
                        Xerox transparency, photograms on
                  film and motor-driven light bulb, 14 x 16 x 24 in, 1996.

	      




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In my work I seek to bring 
photography out of its frame, freeing it to exist as an object in space. 
After working for many years as a photographer, I became more and more interested in the physicality and tangibility of materials, as well as in the subtlety with which materials can influence the introduction, or reexamination, of ideas. Often I will juxtapose lush and sensuous photographic images with other elements that hint at multiple layers of reality. I add light to photographs in the form of transparencies, sometimes embedding them in Plexiglas so that they are actually filled with light. This light is both an illuminating and kinetic force---relentlessly controlling or pacing the vision of viewers. The way the light spills and moves is an essential part of the work. The moving light creates a form of animation, as images or objects close to the light cast their moving shadows on the images in front.








Rachel Murray Meyer, 1027 Lake Street, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A. E-mail: 
RachelM@pacbell.net



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