Cheryl Pagurek : ImpositionsTools Irvin, Sherri. Cheryl Pagurek : Impositions. Ottawa, On: Carleton University Art Gallery, 2004.
Abstract (English)"The fifteen large photographs in Impositions have had central shapes physically cut out and removed from them. The cut-out shapes are patterns culled from the public, commercial sphere, and then imposed on the photographs. The remaining periphery of each image is framed between two pieces of Plexiglas, allowing a view through the hole to the wall behind. The destruction of a coherent image in this way seems especially unsettling because of our intense relationships with photographs and our usual expectations of photography. We rely on photography in its multiple manifestations to inform much of our understanding of the world. We often use personal photographs to create representations of our lives that conform to cultural conventions, and we fetishize photographs in an effort to hold on to past moments. Our frustration at the impossibility of retrieving the missing visual information serves as a metaphor of longing and loss. These works highlight a sense of absence because of their lost centers, while the references and flat visual plane that the negative shapes add to the work bring a new presence" -- the artist's website.
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