Pleasure Grounds
Selections from three series by photographer Luci…
An episode of the George Eastman Museum podcast, hosted by George Eastman Museum, titled "Pleasure Grounds" was published on June 24, 2017 and runs 1 minutes.
June 24, 2017 ·1m · George Eastman Museum
Summary
Selections from three series by photographer Lucinda Devlin (American, b. 1947) are featured in this exhibition: Pleasure Ground (1977–90), Corporal Arenas (1982–98), and The Omega Suites (1991–97). Best known for The Omega Suites—precisely composed images of execution chambers in the United States—Devlin has devoted her career to exploring the relationship between our bodies and the spaces that they inhabit. She has concentrated in particular on interiors associated with pleasure or pain, creating photographs that draw attention to the power relationships embedded in a room’s architecture and decor. At the same time, her photographs function as poignant meditations on the familiar yet extraordinary spaces in which our bodies pass time.
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