C-Print
45" x 30"
C-Print
30 " x 45"
Briefcase, Digital C-Prints, Plexiglas, Adhesive, Foam, 18" x 16" x 16"
"#95412",
2002
Laminated Inkjet on Teslin in Pouch with Clio
5.5" x 2.75" x 5"
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#1", 2002 Briefcase, Digital C-Prints, Plexiglas, Adhesive, Foam, 18" x 16" x 16" |
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2002 |
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Artist Statement
The series Corporate Casual emerged as a mixed response to corporate culture in general and the fine art gallery system in particular. Incorporating graphic design, performance, sculpture and photography, I question existing social structures and the power relationships that keep them intact. In the corporate world, the bottom line is profit. Employees show up to work to earn a living and employers, no matter how noble their business aims, must always think about maintaining or expanding their market share to survive the highly competitive business world. In aiming for a comfortable survival, individuals and institutions make compromises.
My photographic imagery reflects the employee’s perspective, capturing views of daily banality. Riding the line between sardonic and sincere, the titles of the images hint at the mindset of the employee or the implications of seemingly innocuous objects. The series also contains a variety of sculptural elements that reflect how corporate culture utilizes photography for identification, decoration, and communication. Creating an intentionally generic looking logo for use on business cards, stationary, website and even on an engraved pen, I establish an identity that is not particular to one company, but expresses a commonality between corporations. The website itself uses tongue-in-cheek text that sounds alluring, but offers no specific information until one stumbles across the journal section. The journal chronicles a performance piece enacted between January and June of 2003. Dressed in suit and tie while carrying an aluminum briefcase, I meandered the galleries of Chelsea, New York hoping to draw some attention. My two rules were not to interact with anyone unless approached and never to lie. The performance captures the importance of perception, the dangers of assumptions, and the hopes of ambition.
The process of Corporate Casual examines the cultural crossover of business life, artistic practice and personal space. Artists who wish to earn a living from their art are not immune to the compromises necessary to establish oneself within the commercial elite of the gallery system, despite the romantic associations of artist as rebel or savant. In fact, the process is very similar to that of any other profession. You must network, take calculated risks, work hard and keep your fingers crossed. Anyone attempting to climb a social ladder is subject to the growing overlap of work life and home living. From conference calls at the kitchen table to shopping on line at the office, I am interested in the cultural phenomena that result when what is personal and what is institutional intertwine.
For testimony, please read the review
at:
http://www.ducts.org/06_03/frederick.html
Christopher Frederick
Education
| 2000 | Syracuse
University, Syracuse, NY MFA in Art Photography |
| 1996 | Rhode
Island School of Design, Providence, RI BFA in Photography |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2003 | Bubbles (Collaboration with Mark Stockton and Cindy Moore): Sushi; San Diego, CA |
| 2001 | Time Fragments: Telomere Projects; Brooklyn, NY |
| 2000 | (Dis)connections: Rowe Gallery, Carroll College; Milwaukee, WI |
| 1999 | Accumulations: Adambomb Gallerie; Milwaukee, WI |
| 1998 | Standing:
Gallery 120, Syracuse University; Syracuse, NY Closer Than They Appear: Riverwest Arts Center: Milwaukee, WI |
Group Exhibitions
| 2003 | Fresh
Meat: CEPA; Buffalo, NY 2003 Douglas Dibble Memorial Art Auction: Hunter College Times Square Gallery; New York, NY Essential: Frère Independent, at the Estonian House; New York, NY New Photography: Get Real Art; New York, NY Miraculous: Contemporary Exvotos: chezTGN; Brooklyn, NY |
| 2002 | Carnival: Elsa Mott Ives Gallery; New York, NY |
| 2001 | Clean:
Get Real Art; New York, NY Four Photographers: Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art; Milwaukee, WI L-stop: Williamsburgh in Focus: Telomere Projects; Brooklyn, NY Online Benefit Auction for the National Graduate Seminar; hosted by Artlink Inc. at www.sothebys.com |
| 2000 | Hold
That Date; Edge Gallery; Denver, CO Imaginary Male; William Marten Gallery; Rochester, NY 2000 HCP Juried Membership Exhibition; Houston center for Photography; Ellen Handy, Juror; Houston, TX Buffalo Babylon; Hallwalls; Buffalo, NY MFA 2000; Lowe Art Gallery; Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 1999 | The Photographic
Persona; Belknap & Covi Galleries, The Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville;
Louisville, KY Re-emergence; Spark Gallery; Syracuse, NY Works On Paper; traveling exhibit by Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY API-NGS Fellow’s Exhibition; New York University, New York, NY Cantina at the edge of the Millennium; Hallwalls; Buffalo, NY |
| 1998 | Astroflux;
Invitational Public Access Cable Television Video Show; Syracuse, NY Art Media Studies Spring Exposition; Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY |
| 1997 | Some Like
it Hot; Watts Tea Room Exhibition, Sponsored by the Haggerty Museum; Milwaukee,
WI Exposition; Riverwest Arts Center; Milwaukee, WI |
| 1996 | The Third
Party; Red Eye Gallery; Providence, RI Woods Gerry Invitational Photography Exhibition; Providence, RI |
| 1994 | Photo Biennial, Woods Gerry Gallery, RISD |
Honors
2002 Selected by Art For Love, Art Leasing
Company; New York, NY
2002 Featured Artist on worksproductions.com
1999 Houston Center for Photography Fellowship Honorable Mention; Houston, TX
1999 American Photography Institute National Graduate Seminar Fellow
1998 Art Media Studies Graduate Student Representative; Syracuse University
1998 American Photography Institute National Graduate Seminar Finalist
1997-00 Syracuse University Fellow
1997-98 Creative/Research Grant Recipient; Syracuse University
1996 Student Selection Committee for New Full Time Faculty; RISD
1995 Selection Committee for Associate Provost; RISD
1992,93,94 Photography Communications Scholarship; Warner Cable, Milwaukee, WI
1992-96 RISD Scholarship
Professional Experience
| 2000-present | Photography, Streaming Media Producer; Leafstone; Morgan Stanley; New York, NY |
| 1999 | Visiting Artist at Pius XI High School; Milwaukee, WI |
| 1998-99 | Two Dimensional design Instructor at Syracuse University; Syracuse, NY |
| 1998-99 | Introductory Photography Instructor at Syracuse University; Syracuse, NY |
| 1997, 98, 99,00 | Photography, Design, & Mixed-Media Instructor at Pius XI High School; Milwaukee, WI |
| 1996 | Visiting Artist at Dominican High School; Whitefish Bay, WI |
| 1995 | Teaching Assistant, Photographic Lithography Class; RISD |
Contact
Information
Christopher Frederick
435 Broadway #106 Brooklyn, NY 11211
718.486.0446
unwindingspiral@mac.com