| Below is a selection of the colorful and inventive
surreal photography of Fran Forman (b. 1945). These are newer works
from a recent show at Pucker Gallery in Boston. Using her expertise of
working with Photoshop for over 20 years, she creates dream-like scenes
with old and new photographs, scanned object, textures, paintings and
drawings.
Ms. Forman observes about her work: “In merging photography with painting, portraiture with dreamed landscapes, technologies and generations, my images blur the boundaries between the real and the unreal, re-imagining worlds that, like our own, remain forever a mystery. I invite the viewer to look closely, to engage with me in an imaginative discourse, and to enter into a world of dreams and memory. The visual narratives of my photo collages dissolve the boundaries of time; they connect my fantasies and dreams with the generations that have come before me and attempt to bring them back to life. Perhaps it’s my attempt to stop time.” Ms. Forman, who lives in Massachusetts, is presently a
Resident Scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis
University. She has been in numerous shows and has won several
prestigious international awards and honors for her art. She has two award-winning monographs: Escape Artist and The Rest Between Two Notes. |
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