Scott Klinger

Scott Klinger, curated by Piero Golia

November 4th - December 15th 2007

Scott Klinger is a Los Angeles based photographer, despite his young age his work has already received international recognition, being featured in group exhibitions and publications in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He grew up in the American Southwest and completed his fine arts education at Art Center, UCLA and at the Mountain School of Arts. Most recently, his photographs were shown in a group exhibition at the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, as part of the Young Portfolio Acquisitions.

His current series of work, Pax Americana, explores the paradigm of American culture. In order to photograph evidences of a societal attitude his work blends both staged and documentary practices. His aim in this practice also serves to question the presumed authenticity of documentary photography. Reality and fiction meets in these images as an ironic and cynical point of view. The black and white photographs from this series have as their subject matter portraits of Americans who are engaged in the post 9-11 dogma of paranoia and preparedness. These photographs are a sort of smiling judgment, haunting portraits that allude to current sentiments with an underlying suggestion to a post-apocalyptic America.

Piero Golia is an artist currently based in Los Angeles, California. His work have been shown in major galleries and museums in Europe and the United States. In 2004 his first feature film was invited at the Venice Film Festival. In 2005 he co-founded of the mountain school of arts in Los Angeles.

For more images go to scottklinger.blogspot.com