Landscapes of Aerial Invention
Landscapes of Aerial Invention: “
Artist Natalie Czech’s Blattschnitte, from 2002, presents us with aerial views of cluttered landscapes - which Czech has since combined, sutured, and overlain with other views of cluttered landscapes.
The results are hyperdense - yet weirdly believable: we see suburban sprawl, post-industrial voids and infrastructural wastelands, all of which take on the texture of paintings.
These are just five examples; nearly two dozen more can be found on Natalie Czech’s own website.
For obvious reasons, Czech’s work resembles Alan Berger’s Drosscape: Wasting Land in Urban America, an aerial look at wrecking yards, freeway interchanges, and toxic sites throughout the United States. Even so, some of her images have a geometric perfection that belies the tangles of actual sprawl; others are surely nothing if not made with acrylic paint; yet others look like entirely digital fabrications.
So whether I’ve correctly understood her creative process or not, the images are extraordinary.
(With thanks to Bryan Finoki and Moon River).”
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