Artist Lori Nix photographs evocative urban and pastoral scenes from a post-human world of disaster and decay — but first she has to build them.
The most astonishing thing about Nix’s magical, melancholy masterpieces is how they are made. Each museum, mountain vista, library, and laundromat is a painstakingly detailed diorama, taking the artist months to imagine and hand-craft — in fully examined ruin. The artist’s obsession with the apocalyptic informs every one, down to the most stunningly executed bits of minutiae.
Visit Lori Nix’s official website, watch a video study of her Map Room, catch her new exhibition in Chicago, and buy books of Nix’s work from Blurb.
Lori Nix, Map Room, 2010
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Artists who work in miniatures always amaze me. Even more than the composition or technique of the photographs, the attention to the details of the structure is amazing.
If you like miniatures, you should also look at Michael Fredo’s “Gnome World,” which is another really amazing installation, albeit much more light-hearted. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1NIw5Fd1NM
The recent photographs of Detroit are enough, far too much actually. This work is light.
Rather decadent. Do we need more post-apocalyptic visions, when we already have them in reality in the urban decay of so many cities, like Detroit, Philadelphia, etc?
You know, it really is worthwhile to try to figure out the appeal that this kind of sensibility has. The people who are mesmerized by an abandoned factory in Detroit probably wouldn’t find it the least fascinating if it was up and running. And yet that would mean more to thousands of people who would have jobs in that case. What about decay is so attractive? Just asking. I’ve felt that attraction on occasion, and it puzzles me.
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Wow Lori Nix’s work is amazing, the amount of detail in the images. And Marcus I think the answer is yes we do need more images of decay , having something like this makes people think about the real tragedies that happen.Which in my opinion and that is all it is, is what makes art interesting. I would much rather art that questions the world that someone paint flowers. What is wrong with people? everyone is always complaining and bitching on Flavorpill comments pages. We should be supporting talented artists.
i agree with leila, nix’s work is good and challenging. post-apocolypic art doesn’t stroke present realities but uncovers and explores the decay that exists beneath the surface (and don’t say just go to the inner city and you can see it all there; i teach in the inner city and everyday i watch people go about life as if the foundation was intact; it’s not a case of willful ignorance, but of people desperately clinging to hope when no alternatives are available). re the auto factories, i worked in one that shut down and moved (ford milpitas), and seeing the photos of detroit reminds me of the richness and surprise that was there each day when the plants were going, and of how few people were able to look to the future and envision what was going to happen (me included).
Dollhouses for the children of Detroit.
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