But the idea of transformation has always been something that I romanticize in a work. I’m cautious of it but I also need it to connect my thoughts with the process of making. That’s really important.
Nari Ward
The Wind Blows, 2016, pigment print, 25.5 × 19 inches. All images courtesy of the artist.
Journey, 2016, pigment print, 17.75 × 17.75 inches.
Afterwards, 2016, pigment print, 34 × 23.25 inches.
Puppeteer, 2016, pigment print, 20.5 × 14 inches.
Out of Sight, 2015, pigment print, 26.75 × 18 inches.
Memory Sequence, 2014, pigment print, 27.25 × 18.25 inches.
Disappearing on White I, 2015, pigment print, 25 × 16.25 inches.
Ville Kumpulainen is a photographer living and working in Helsinki, Finland. In his new book, Out of Sight (Hatje Cantz, 2017), Kumpulainen manipulates archival images to solidify the tenuous connection between present and past, attempting to fill the gaps left between himself and his history.
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Featuring interviews with LaToya Ruby Frazier and Fred Moten, Sergio De La Pava, Nina Hoss, Barbara Hammer, Joseph Keckler, Lydia Ourahmane, Kaneza Schaal, Hank Willis Thomas and Kambui Olujimi, and Summer Wheat.
But the idea of transformation has always been something that I romanticize in a work. I’m cautious of it but I also need it to connect my thoughts with the process of making. That’s really important.
Nari Ward