Quiet Reminiscence, edition of 7, archival inkjet print mounted on plexiglass, 43 x 43 inches
March 1 – 17, 2012
Opening: Thursday, March 1, 6 – 8 p.m.
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This exhibition is a collection of images from the artist’s travels abroad in Europe. The delicate, imperfect quality of the black and white Polaroid film used to create most of the images in the series imparts a wistful, nostalgic mood. The artist Geoffrey James has commented on the best photography as having “mnemonic power that no other medium has,” and Jensen-Nagle explores that statement in this series, seeking to capture the feeling of what it’s like to be in the places seen in these images. The results of this photographic exploration are timeless visions of famous scenes that seem to link history with dreams.
Originally from New Jersey, Joshua Jensen-Nagle moved to Toronto to pursue his artistic education at Ryerson Polytechnic Institute in 1999. Since graduating in 2003, Jensen-Nagle has experimented with various image formats, production techniques and materials. Jensen-Nagle has, in the past, used toy cameras, pinhole cameras, and expired Polaroid film.
Jensen-Nagle’s work explores the use of photography as a means to create rather than to document a reality. His work has been collected worldwide and has exhibited in both Canada and the USA.