Thursday, May 8, 2008

Diane Meyer

Me And Prince by Diane Meyer

Diane uses photography to investigate American popular culture by focusing on contemporary myths and cliches, especially as they are expressed through the entertainment industry. Her interest in "restaging the staged" documents our shared obsession with celebrity and our collective desire to make celebrity banal. This series uses the aesthetics of the snapshot to create scenes in which the artist participates in everyday friendly recreation with people we recognize as celebrities. She hired a series of impersonators to create each quiet moment and captures our desire to project ourselves into the world of the famous.

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