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Tony Tasset USA, b. 1960

Judy, 1998
35 mm film projection, Runtime 16 second film loop
Variable
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Though trained as a painter and sculptor, Tony Tasset has been known to work in a variety of media: photography, film, video, bronze, and wax. For 'Judy', Tasset chose the...
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Though trained as a painter and sculptor, Tony Tasset has been known to work in a variety of media: photography, film, video, bronze, and wax. For "Judy", Tasset chose the most beautiful medium he could think of...35mm film.

"Judy" is, in fact, the artist's wife and fellow artist, Judy Ledgerwood. The film simply captures a moment, and Tasset's aim was to create a world compressed into that moment. The repeating memory of an instant flickers on the screen, exposing a personal reflection that poignantly resonates on a universal level. The passage of time and the notion of life's brevity are succinctly and beautifully conveyed by the lush opulence of the film, which over time deteriorates, evincing scratches and blemishes over the course of the exhibition.

Tony Tasset began this work as a portrait of his wife. It is in many ways a love letter to her. Though the film's constant looping and eventual disintegration might draw immediate references to Warhol, Tasset's point of reference is immediate, personal and emotional as opposed to detached. In his own words, Tasset was trying to be as "open hearted and corny as a Neil Young song..." Unapologetic about the emotion behind his work, Tasset views it not only as a love letter to his wife, but a love letter to the medium of film at a time when the world is overwhelmingly becoming digitized.
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Tony Tasset "Judy" Leo Koenig Inc. Projekte, May 12 through June 18, 2011
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