http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere Recent or recently updated pages on the Whitney Museum of American Art website &copy; 2012 Whitney Museum of American Art en-us Economy <p><font color="#7f7f7f">Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere</font></p> <p><a href="http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere"><img border="0" src="/image_columns/0015/1326/blank_319.png" /></a></p> <div><p>Since the 1980s, James Casebere&rsquo;s photographs have transported viewers into ambiguous, evocative, and surreal environments. Casebere&rsquo;s process involves constructing tabletop models out of modest materi&not;als, such as Styrofoam, plaster, and cardboard. He then dramatically lights these constructions and care&not;fully positions his camera to manipulate the com&not;position and the mood of the resulting photograph. Devoid of human figures, the constructions invite viewers to project into and inhabit the space. <br /><br />For <i>Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #1</i> and <i>Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY) #2</i>, Casebere constructed his grandest, most detailed model to date&mdash;an American subdivision based on one in Dutchess County, New York. The fabricated community is a hybrid development of the sort hit hard by the foreclosure epidemic of the past few years.</p></div> Whitney Museum of American Art Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:20:30 -0400 http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere <p><font color="#7f7f7f">Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere/Wiki</font></p> <p><a href="http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere/Wiki"><img border="0" src="/image_columns/0017/8582/merge_layers_co_t_v3_final_500px_400.jpg" /></a></p> Whitney Museum of American Art Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:36:00 -0400 http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere/Wiki http://whitney.org/Exhibitions/2010Biennial/JamesCasebere/Wiki