Einstein's Tongue

Vol. I Issue #1 Spring 2008

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Jimmy Fountain / "Points of Interest"

About The Artist

Jimmy Fountain grew up in North Carolina and is currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. He has previously exhibited photographs, film/video, installations, and drawings in galleries museums all over the United States. He graduated from the Museum School in Boston in 1994.

About The Series

The original intention of this series was to make a cross country journey, much like several of my favorite artists had done in the past. I envisioned myself working in the new topographic style influenced by Stephen Shore or Joel Sternfeld and returning with day and night landscapes chronicling America coast to coast. So I set out with my large format camera ready to capture the country. As the trip went on I found I was drawn more to the details than the vistas, eventually focusing in on smaller and smaller points. My trip was guided by a Garmin GPS navigation device. The devise contains maps of the entire country as well as millions of 'points of interest' including sites to see, hotels, gas stations, stores and a plethora of other destinations for a traveler. As I focused in on just slices of these destinations they became abstracted from any sense of place. It took looking very closely to find the unique character of the landscapes I came across.

 

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