Tip of the Week: Ursula Sokolowska
by Michael Weinstein
Yet another conceptual photographer festooning the walls of Chicago galleries in defiance of the holiday spirit, Polish-born Ursula Sokolowska presents a grim reflection on her troubled childhood in color shots of mannequins representing herself placed in real-world environments that she associates with her past.
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Ursula Sokolowska is a Chicago-based photographer who has created her images for some time with projections. I recall previous works she made with her younger brother as a model, but her new series at the Schneider Gallery delves into family relations more deeply--and creepily.
All of the color prints have blank-faced dolls and cloth mannequins that stand in for the artist, her mother and brother. Onto the blanks, she has projected faces found in old family photographs. The creations represent the artist, her mother and brother in restagings of difficult scenes recalled from Sokolowska's childhood.
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