Artists' Fellowship - 2001
Computer Arts
Artist Statement:
Carton created her photographs by downloading pornographic images from the Internet, removing the bodies, and then digitally reconstructing the backgrounds from the existing materials. Beyond the camouflage of naked flesh, what remains are carefully constructed and overproduced fictions-the mise-en-scènes of domestic space, suburban melodramas, utopian ideals, and fantasies. These newly constructed narratives pose a number of philosophical questions concerning the ways in which sexuality and gender roles are performed, as well as questions about class, race, power, desire, and commodification.
More about the Artist:
Laura Carton's work explores the construction of sexuality and gender roles through an investigation into the world of Internet pornography. She creates her photographs by downloading a variety of pornographic images, removing the bodies and then digitally reconstructing the backgrounds from the existing evidence. The resulting mise-en-scenes are carefully constructed fictions of domestic space, suburban ideals and fantasies. These re-contextualized narratives offer a number of sites from which to critique underlying assumptions about class, desire and commodification.
Carton's work has been included in a two-person exhibition at Apexart and in group shows at Artists Space, Folin/Riva Gallery and The Bronx Museum of the Arts. She was awarded the Longwood Cyber Arts Residency (2002) and a NYFA Fellowship in Computer Arts (2001). Laura Carton received a B.A. in French Literature from the University of California, Berkeley and attended the Whitney Independent Study Program in Studio Art (2002).
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