The dark wood

Description:

Danielle Mericle's The Dark Wood explores broad questions of history and our collective ability to document and learn from the past. Through intertwined images of abandoned Greco-Roman casts, an ancient Sequoia forest and the artist's own texts, Mericle invites us to consider history as a fluid process rather than a static truth. The once highly valued casts - which appear in the book as original and archival photographs - were rejected as worthless copies during the early part of the 20th century, under the belief that they lacked the artistry and aura of the originals, despite the fact that many of the 'originals' were in fact Roman copies of Greek artefacts.

subjects: Portrait sculpture, Greco-Roman,  Pictorial works,  Roman Busts,  Casts,  Giant sequoia,  Forests in art,  Originality in art,  Art and history,  Artistic Photography,  Photography of art,  Nature photography,  Sculpture de portraits gréco-romaine,  Ouvrages illustrés,  Bustes romains,  Moules (Objets),  Séquoia géant,  Forêts dans l'art,  Originalité dans l'art,  Art et histoire,  Photographie artistique,  Photographie d'œuvres d'art,  Photographie de la nature,  Art photography