Julie Blackmon: Midwest Materials

Julie Blackmon is a photographer who has created a new body of work that is both playful and menacing. She finds insight and inspiration in the monotony of her "generic American hometown" of Springfield, Missouri, and constructs a captivating, fictitious world that is both playful and menacing. Blackmon's photographs are included in the permanent collections of several museums, and she is represented by Robert Mann Gallery, Haw Contemporary, and Fahey Klein.

Format: Hardback
Length: 108 pages
Publication date: 29 July 2022
Publisher: Radius Books

For her third monograph, Midwest Materials, Julie Blackmon has crafted a captivating new body of work that shines with the wit, dark humor, and irony for which the photographer has become renowned. Drawing inspiration and insight from the seemingly mundane monotony of her "generic American hometown" of Springfield, Missouri, Blackmon constructs a fanciful, fictional world that is both playful and menacing. "I consider myself a visual artist working in the medium of photography," Blackmon remarks, "and my assignment is to chart the fever dreams of American life." Midwest Materials follows Domestic Vacations (Radius Books, 2008) and Homegrown (Radius Books, 2014).

Julie Blackmon (born 1966) pursued studies in art education and photography at Missouri State University. Her photographs are included in the permanent collections of prestigious institutions such as the Cleveland Museum of Art, George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Toledo Museum of Art, Portland Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, and numerous others. She is represented by renowned galleries such as Robert Mann Gallery, Haw Contemporary, and Fahey Klein.

Blackmon currently resides and works in Springfield, Missouri, where she continues to explore the depths of her artistic vision.

Dimension: 343 x 292 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781955161022