Sandy Skoglund

 

Skoglund creates surrealist images by building elaborate sets or tableaux, furnishing them with carefully selected colored furniture and other objects, a process of which takes her months to complete. Finally, she photographs the set, complete with actors. The works are characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting colors or a monochromatic color scheme.

 

 

 



This image is strange because since when do you see goldfish floating around the room.
Although because we can see two youngsters, one awake and one asleep, we think this is
just a dream either of them are having. Now the one sleeping seems to like them or the fish
like him, because one is snuggled up to him. I can't see properly because of the angle, but
the boy that is awake, seems to be holding one of the fishes but doesn't look alive. He could
have dreamed that he killed it, we take the body language into account which suggests to me
that he's sad about killing it, so he could have done it by pure accident or intentionally, I think
it more likely to be intentional, because he is right next to the shadows. But this could be out of
fear, he may not like fish, and so they scare him, he feels the need to protect himself.




 

This image is interesting because it reminds me of us humans. At some point in our lives we take something that isn't ours to take, in fact thousands do it everyday. By not giving to charity for example, we take people's lives. I am not saying that the whole fox species is like this but is frequently seen that way. Red is also a sign of danger, a thief, goes with the saying 'caught red handed'.