AMY THEISS GIESE
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Migration of silver
2014-2018

These abstract images sit at the intersection of painting and photography and exsist because of both the marks I make and the unexpected reactions that occur in the two part chemical process of chromoskedasic sabatier (chromo). The unique chemical paintings that I create are fundamentally photographic, yet they shift away from being recognizably photographs of something. For me, the reaction between light, silver and time is fundamentally photographic; the core of its identity. By stripping away the camera, the language of the image’s creation speaks to its intangible reality. I feel a tension in trying to make visible something that is immaterial, in making a photograph without any indexical pull to reality.

Note on the process: Each image is a unique, camera-less, lens-less chemical painting using traditional black and white darkroom chemistry and the chromoskedasic sabatier process on silver gelatin or chromogenic paper.
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The work would not have evolved without the generous gifts of my photographic friends: Lindsey Beal, Caleb Cole, Bill Franson, Lauren Pascarella, Bruce Myren and Ron Cowie!
This body of work consists of roughly 100 unique pieces of varying sizes made between 2014-2018. A range of pieces are available for exhibition or purchase.
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  • About
  • Projects
    • Concealed at First
    • My Head is Too Heavy
    • Volume's Surface
    • Absence of Light
    • Eidolon + Shadows
    • Infra Certum
    • Dissolve the World
    • Two Views
    • Migration of Silver
    • Dear Diary
    • Full of Sound and Fury
    • Harvey/Holzer
    • Transition States
    • Mozartova White
    • Ipseity Series