Name/Title
Pink Coat and RhododendronsEntry/Object ID
2023.16.01Description
Karin Bubaš, (b. 1976, North Vancouver, BC) is a photographer who lives and works in Vancouver, B.C. She studied at the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design and graduated in 1998. Karin Bubaš's diverse practice includes photography, video, painting and drawing. Her work is concerned with both the natural and built environment, and her subjects range from the banal and mundane to the outright sublime. Her early photographs focused on unpopulated interiors, specifically ordinary objects and overlooked spaces including an abandoned residence on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (Leon's Palace, 2001), the décor of her grandparent's home (Florence and George, 1998) and the rooms of a Victorian rowhouse in London, England (Ivy House, 2003).
Bubaš shifted focus from interiors to landscapes with her Studies in Landscapes and Wardrobe series (2006 to the present). These photographic works depict carefully styled, solitary female figures set within an idyllic landscape. The women in the series always look away from the camera, contemplating nature. The works reference the depiction of women in art, television, and Hollywood feature films, particularly the films of Michelangelo Antonioni and Alfred Hitchcock, as well as the tradition of the sublime in 19th-century landscape painting. The tension between nature and culture is played out through the formal and carefully chosen wardrobe, which echoes the colours of the landscape yet also looks slightly out of place within the natural environment. As the woman's face is always out of view, her clothing and hairstyle take centre stage and essentially function as another set piece within the scene. The viewer is left to contemplate the relationship between the figure and the setting and interpret what events might have brought her to this idyllic place.
https://www.karinbubas.ca/Artwork Details
Medium
archival pigment printMade/Created
Date made
2008Edition
ed. 1/6Dimensions
Height
152.5 cmWidth
152.5 cm