Mapping/Night Vision (North), tacks, inkjet prints on glossy paper, foam, wood, 48”x 96”x8”
Night Vision 2013-2016
Sculptural photomontages made from night vision photographs taken by American soldiers in Afghanistan and posted to field blogs. They examine the military technology used to “conquer” landscape. My father, a helicopter pilot in the National Guard, described the precariousness of flying with night vision goggles on nap-of-the-earth missions, flights as close to the treetops as possible. During these risky maneuvers he was awestruck by the stars that night vision amplification made visible. These battlefield photographs show what he saw: images both coldly strategic and strangely sublime.
Exhibited: Readings, 1GAP Gallery, Brooklyn, 2018; Perfect Day, two-person exhibition with Anett Frontzek, Wolfstaedter Gallery, Frankfurt, 2016; Material Matters: Water, Pigment, Light, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 2016; Night Vision, solo exhibition, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, 2015. Publication: Night Vision, 2016, essay by Rachel Churner, published with Wolfstaedter Gallery, Frankfurt, supported by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Press: Christoph Schütte, “In Times of War: Anett Frontzek and Selena Kimball at Wolfstaedter Gallery,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 8, 2016.
Untitled (Arab Times), 2013, Arab Times newspaper, 2 3/4 x 5 in.
Mapping/Night Vision (North), 2014, inkjet prints on glossy paper, tacks, foam, and wood, 48 x 96 x 8 in.
Night Vision (from K-6 to K-8), 2014, digital silkscreen on Dibond with wood cradling and wood plinths, 42 x 38 x 12 in.
Night Vision (peak), 2014, digital silkscreen on Dibond, wood plinth, and cleat, 70 x 50 x 7 in.
Night Vision (broken peaks), 2014, digital silkscreen on Dibond, wood plinth, and cleat, 43 x 30 x 7 in.