{"title":"Aline Smithson","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"117\" data-end=\"562\"\u003eAline Smithson is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, editor, and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. She holds a BA in Art from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she studied in the College of Creative Studies under the influence of artists such as John Baldessari and Ed Ruscha. After a career as a New York fashion editor working with leading figures in photography, she returned to Los Angeles and her own artistic practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"975\"\u003eHer work has been exhibited internationally at institutions including the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, the Griffin Museum of Photography, and major museums and festivals across the United States, Europe, Asia, and South Korea. Her photographs are held in public collections and have been published in \u003cem data-start=\"911\" data-end=\"931\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"949\"\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"961\"\u003eHarper’s\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem data-start=\"967\" data-end=\"972\"\u003ePDN\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"977\" data-end=\"1303\"\u003eSmithson is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of \u003cem data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1036\"\u003eLenscratch\u003c\/em\u003e, a leading daily journal on photography, and has taught internationally since 2001. She has received multiple awards for her contributions to photography and education, including recognition from the Griffin Museum of Photography, CENTER, and the Lucie Foundation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1305\" data-end=\"1599\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eHer monographs include \u003cem data-start=\"1328\" data-end=\"1370\"\u003eSelf \u0026amp; Others: Portrait as Autobiography\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem data-start=\"1375\" data-end=\"1388\"\u003eFugue State\u003c\/em\u003e, both widely collected by major museums. She has been a finalist for the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize and was named a Hasselblad Heroine. Smithson works exclusively with film, with the exception of her iPhone.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"arrangement-in-green-and-black-10","title":"Arrangement in Green and Black #10","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e11\" x 14” in on 13\" x 19” paper \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003e28  x 35 cm on 33 x 48 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Cambria; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\"\u003eEdition of 12 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e2005\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe series, \u003cem\u003eArrangement in Green and Black, Portrait of the Photographer’s Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, had serendipitous beginnings.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI found a small print of Whistler’s painting, \u003cem\u003eArrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Painter’s Mother\u003c\/em\u003e, at a neighborhood garage sale.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAs I stood among the piles of discarded belongings, I started thinking about the idea of portraiture, the strong compositional relationships going on within Whistler’s painting, and the evocative nature of unassuming details.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI wanted to create something influenced by the painting, but I wasn’t sure what.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eThere seemed to be an abundance of garage sales that weekend, because shortly after, I found a leopard coat and hat, a 1950’s cat painting, and what looked like the exact chair from Whistler’s painting.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI knew I was on to something.$\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003eI decided to explore Whistler’s painting through humor and the connections between the wardrobe and the props.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI also looked at this series as a way to utilize all the things I loved doing - spending time with my proper, yet hilarious mother, going to garage sales and swap meets, searching ebay, styling sets, taking photographs, and painting.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eMy mother was a willing model but could not understand why anyone would be interested seeing her dressed up as Elvis or wearing a bathing suit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eArrangement in Green and Black \u003c\/em\u003eincorporates traditional photography techniques yet becomes richer with the treatment of hand painting.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt is my intent to have the viewer see the work in a historical context with the addition of color, and at the same time, experience Whistler’s simple, yet brilliant formula for the composition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003eThe series took two years to complete photography, and then another 6 months to paint the images. My patient 85-year-old mother posed in over 20 ensembles, but unfortunately passed away before seeing the finished series.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eI am grateful for her sense of humor and the time this series allowed us to be together.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIn retrospect, I would never have imagined that this series, photographed against my garage and made up of garage sale props, would be exhibited and published all over the world.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eA fact that I’m sure would have delighted and amazed my mother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aline Smithson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50786942976306,"sku":null,"price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/AlineSmithson_Arrangement_10_06670742-f2d2-4df0-8a4a-608ed67eac83.jpg?v=1767720160"},{"product_id":"arrangement-in-green-and-black-12","title":"Arrangement in Green and Black #12","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Thin',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; 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