Michael Corridore On a New Tangent

Fine-art photographer Michael Corridore is exhibiting a series of images which use digital media, collage and still lifes at the Edmund Pearce Gallery in Melbourne.

Fine-art photographer Michael Corridore is exhibiting 'Tangents', a new collection of images using collage techniques and still-lifes at the Edmund Pearce Gallery in Melbourne's CBD, from September 11 to October 5. Jason McQuoid, Co-Director of the Edmund Pearce Gallery, says, "Although a departure from Corridore's ‘Angry Black Snake’ series and ongoing landscape work he has previously done, 'Tangents' reflects his artistic practice and an ability to experiment confidently with different techniques and styles."

Corridore explains, "Because I work every day as a photographer, collage and still life helps me to look at things differently, while exploring digital media as photography changes. In this series of collages I've returned to an idea I started in 2000. The original series resulted in about a dozen or so photographs. My first attempts at collage were through printing negatives onto black and white lithographic film and layering multiple sheets of those films onto a light box, then photographing the assembled sheets as collages.

"From there I decided to experiment with digital capture of the original components and assemble the layers in Photoshop so I could preserve colour, which was lost in the lithographic printing process. This was my first foray into working with digital capture technology. In the past year I began to explore this collage process again, photographing various forms working with life models, mannequins and various household objects which offered me the chance to explore both malleable and solid forms and shapes which could be layered together in the assembled collages. This exploration in collage stems from my interest in the Cubists approach to re-interpreting what we see from differing perspectives."

Corridore says his primary interest in his fine-art and commercial photography has been in inventing new narratives. He aims to draw observers into his so-called ‘fictional realities’. In this new series Corridore uses references to Cubism and art history, redefining his ideas in a modern photographic context.

This project started in 2000 and now Corridore is using digital capture technology. He says vibrant and subtle colour can now be fully preserved in the collage process. Corridore’s work is held in several permanent collections including The Art Gallery of New South Wales; Gold Coast Art Gallery; Ipswich Art Gallery and the Haggerty Museum of Art in the US. He has been selected as a finalist in national and international art prizes and has exhibited extensively both in Australia and overseas. Born in Melbourne, Michael Corridore now lives in Sydney, spending time between New York and Australia on assignments.

The Edmund Pearce Gallery is on Level 2, the Nicholas Building, 37 Swanston Street (cnr Flinders Lane), Melbourne. It's open Wed-Sat 11am to 5pm. See www.edmundpearce.com.au


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