The projects of Artlink’s third artist in residence in 2017 have been generated by a curiosity about tracing history, whether that be drawn from a personal archive or in the public sphere, looking for a tall tale to examine, or a cultural movement, or a particular aesthetic, or a collection of personal artefacts. Her practice uses physical materials as the means with which to research stories, by mining for artefacts, whether those physical materials be old photographic negatives from a family, or newspapers, or published books, or the personal items carried in pockets or purses. Albee investigates the mechanisms of history by using such material as the original subject material for an art practice, through processes such as photographing the material, then scanning, printing and rephotographing, staging setups in the studio. These photographs are either the springboard for the project or become part of the final work, recreating artefacts to reconstruct stories.
Becca Albee’s work includes photography, sculpture, video, and performance. She received her MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a BA from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has recently been written about in Artforum, Aperture, The New York Times, and Bomb. Recent residencies and fellowships include Yaddo, Irish Museum of Modern Art and MacDowell Colony. She is currently an Associate Professor of Art at The City College of New York, CUNY.
- July 31, 2017
