JH Engström - Contemporary Artists

Untitled

Untitled The Saatchi Gallery
 

JH Engström

Untitled

2005
C-print

90 x 125 cm

JH Engstrom’s Trying To Dance comprises a photojournalistic ‘diary’ of his life since 1990: landscapes, still-lives, self-portraits, and snapshots of friends become loosely narrative documents, recording not only the artist’s individual experiences, but a sensitive and provocative engagement with the world at large. Using photography’s ability to capture the fleeting essence of a moment, Engstrom’s Untitled is delicately tinted, transferring specific time and place to the unfixed reference of memory. Picturing young lovers in a field, Untitled translates the deeply personal to the universally sentimental, offering a scene of enduring romance tinged with sadness.
 
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