Artists' Fellowship - 2004
Photography
Artist Statement:
Unnecessary Roughness, the title for this series of photographs, is taken from the language of sports.
The project examines such issues as socialization of violence through game playing and sports, the development of adolescent identity and sexuality, pain thresholds, and gender issues.
Referencing my adolescence, I use vintage 1970's sports equipment along with individuals as 'stand-ins' to explore the role of sports in creating and reinforcing power structures and social function.
More about the Artist:
Ferenc Suto was born in Easton, Connecticut. He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston on a full merit scholarship. His work has been exhibited at Yancey
Richardson Gallery, Throckmorton Fine Art, CEPA Gallery and Galleri Image in Denmark, among others.
He has completed residencies in photography at Light Work and the MacDowell Colony.
Lives and works in New York.
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