Interrogation Room (2008)When researching “Art and Representation” I found that representation describes the signs that stand in for and take the place of something and this is why I chose the artist James Casebere. He constructs architectural settings or interiors (models) and photographs them. The subject of his artworks range from suburban interiors to institutional structures. These scenes are finely constructed to deceive the viewer into thinking that the image is real but he then places some unlikely elements to his works. Things such as the lighting or filling his scenes with water inevitably communicate to the viewer that the reality is improbable. I find it humorous how the simple addition of an unlikely element changes how the image is viewed and thus the representation has changed from something that is real to something fake.
Image taken from http://jamescasebere.com/group5.html
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