Drew Rane
Abstract Red (After Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Untitled NRA)
Cyanotype on Paper, 34 x 23 inches (2020)
(Made on top of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’ 1990 work, Untitled NRA)
Blue Wave 1
Cyanotype on Paper, 11 x 8 inches (2020)
Blue Wave 2
Cyanotype on Paper, 11 x 8 inches (2020)
Made possible by a grant from the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts
I hope the viewer gets lost and stuck…
I make work that creates two surfaces to see. The first surface obscures and distorts, and the second, the image that lies beneath, continues to remain inaccessible or can become non- existent. I’m interested in the desire that is created when a full image isn’t given. I’m interested in the first layer of the work being a portal that you have to pass through to get to the rest of the work, but it will always be inaccessible. In that attempt to look past the first layer I hope that the viewer gets lost and stuck. I’ve often thought of these barriers as veils that you approach or a portal that you can’t pass through. Veils have been the basis behind my work since I identified the idea of separation and distortion as an idea that continually drew me in. I want to restrict what the viewer sees, allowing only partial viewership.—Drew Rane, 2020
About the art for uncertain times project:
I normally work using photographic materials in my studio darkroom to create photograms or abstract photographs. During the months of March, April and May I was away from my studio. Instead of using a darkroom I found supplies for cyanotypes which I was able to order online, and instead of using a small light in the darkroom I used the sun to develop these images. To me this was an important point that light, specifically the sun would be the medium to create these images.
This project gave me space to engage in the history of photography and photograms, before this I hadn’t worked in cyanotype which is often an entry point into lensless photograph. This pause gave me space to involve myself in the history of what I make. —Drew Rane, 2020
Artist Drew Rane lives and works in New York City.
Drew Rane
is a visual artist living and working in New York City. Drew received a BFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2016. He works in primarily in abstract and camera-less photography and in fresco and oil painting. For more visit drewrane.com or @drewrane.