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David DiMichele: Pseudodocumentation

by Anna Carnick

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Making a statement about how audiences see and experience monumental art, the Pseudodocumentation series points out that, without access to the type of major art installations portrayed, most see such images through reproductions or websites. Using controlled light, angles and composition, the dioramas of play on the art's conceptual underpinnings and look all the more dramatic for it.

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