{"id":373,"date":"2017-02-13T20:54:26","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T01:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/?p=373"},"modified":"2017-02-13T20:54:26","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T01:54:26","slug":"too-true-ben-painter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/","title":{"rendered":"Too True Ben Painter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-373 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/bdd464ea8e6d4e079be16a225ce6849c01jpg\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/BDD464EA8E6D4E079BE16A225CE6849C01jpg-150x116.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/BDD464EA8E6D4E079BE16A225CE6849C01jpg-150x116.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/BDD464EA8E6D4E079BE16A225CE6849C01jpg-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/BDD464EA8E6D4E079BE16A225CE6849C01jpg-624x482.jpg 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/BDD464EA8E6D4E079BE16A225CE6849C01jpg.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-374'>\n\t\t\t\tHiroshi Sugimoto, in this project, photographs exhibits at the American Museum of Natural history.  He invites us to believe that this is a real live polar bear.  Only after close inspection does it become clear that this is all staged.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/screen-shot-2017-02-13-at-7-54-36-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"123\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-7.54.36-PM-150x123.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-7.54.36-PM-150x123.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-7.54.36-PM-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-7.54.36-PM-768x631.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-7.54.36-PM-624x513.png 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-7.54.36-PM.png 1022w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-375'>\n\t\t\t\tIn this project, David Levinthal uses toy soldiers to re-create war scenes.  By recreating them in the way he does, with such a shallow depth of field, it is only clear upon close examination that these are set ups.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/rejlanderintroducesrejlande1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"134\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/rejlanderintroducesrejlande1-150x134.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/rejlanderintroducesrejlande1-150x134.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/rejlanderintroducesrejlande1-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/rejlanderintroducesrejlande1.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-376'>\n\t\t\t\tOscar Gustave Rejlander predated photoshop. Instead, he created true fiction by cutting up his negatives!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/screen-shot-2017-02-13-at-8-33-38-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.33.38-PM-150x119.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.33.38-PM-150x119.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.33.38-PM-300x239.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.33.38-PM-768x611.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.33.38-PM-1024x815.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.33.38-PM-624x497.png 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.33.38-PM.png 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-378'>\n\t\t\t\tAnnie Leibovitz is an amazing portrait photographer.  She stages her subjects very intentionally.  Here, she is playing with notions of &#8220;truth&#8221; by painting her human subject to mimic the wall behind him\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/faucon-le-depart\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Faucon-Le-dEpart-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-379\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-379'>\n\t\t\t\tFaucon re-creates childhood scenes with actors.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/25hustler2-master1050\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/25HUSTLER2-master1050-150x98.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/25HUSTLER2-master1050-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/25HUSTLER2-master1050-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/25HUSTLER2-master1050-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/25HUSTLER2-master1050-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/25HUSTLER2-master1050-624x406.jpg 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/25HUSTLER2-master1050.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-381'>\n\t\t\t\tPhilip-Lorca diCorcia actually paid his subjects, real live male prostitutes, to pose for his photos. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/screen-shot-2017-02-13-at-8-44-47-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.44.47-PM-150x96.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.44.47-PM-150x96.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.44.47-PM-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.44.47-PM-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.44.47-PM-1024x658.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.44.47-PM-624x401.png 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.44.47-PM.png 1948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-382'>\n\t\t\t\tCrewdson stages his photographs, giving them a theatrical quality. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/screen-shot-2017-02-13-at-8-48-59-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.48.59-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.48.59-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.48.59-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.48.59-PM-768x767.png 768w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.48.59-PM-1024x1022.png 1024w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.48.59-PM-624x623.png 624w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-13-at-8.48.59-PM.png 1052w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-383'>\n\t\t\t\tArthur Tress re-creates nightmares through his staged photographs. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/007c6eb2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/007c6eb2-101x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/007c6eb2-101x150.jpg 101w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/007c6eb2-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/007c6eb2.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 101px) 100vw, 101px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-384'>\n\t\t\t\tLaurie Simmons plays with our sense of scale as she re-creates living room scenes using miniature furniture. \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/3-too-true\/too-true-ben-painter\/attachment\/34301_02_artist_preview0\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"127\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/34301_02_ARTIST_PREVIEW0-127x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/34301_02_ARTIST_PREVIEW0-127x150.jpg 127w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/34301_02_ARTIST_PREVIEW0-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/124\/2017\/02\/34301_02_ARTIST_PREVIEW0.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 127px) 100vw, 127px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-385'>\n\t\t\t\tDemand re-creates images he sees in the media using cardboard and paper.  In doing so, he plays with our sense of scale and the notion of truth in photography.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3-too-true"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.bowdoin.edu\/visual-arts-2402-spring-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}