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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