This is a photograph from Elad Lassry. It is a photograph in a painted frame. I believe he describes this series perfectly when he states that he makes sculptures, "that happen to be photographs." This exact quote was what to me made this artist so interesting.
His quote sparked the question whether a two dimensional photograph could transcend the "traditional" boundaries that hold it in place. Could a photograph really be the sculpture rather than just a documentation of the sculpture that was made at a different time.
He elaborates how his goal is for the photograph to become a presence. He states he accomplishes this because this work is both a display of an image and a shelf. There exist a relationship with the objects holding themselves up with the table that they sit on holding the items up as well, also with the photograph documenting this and the frame holding the physical photograph in place, to the wall or shelf holding the finished piece. It is very interesting work that defies what objects can be.
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