Alan Ostreicher- Untitled

Alan Ostreicher's "Untitled" project extracts abstract ideals from the real world. All of the photographs in this project are of wavy lines and random shapes, but they are for the most part recognizable as an object from everyday life. One photo is of power lines, and another is of white paint on a wooden fence, but even with these photo's noticeably being these things they still hold an absract quality to them. And this is where Alan Ostreicher succeeds with "Untitled". To take everyday objects and view them differently through photography is one of photography's most redeeming and explorable qualities. The ability to express the world the way you want to others, is where the art in photography is. And to this extent Alan Ostreicher, controls this ability. Many of the photographs that are not discernible immediately seem to be glass with paint on it, in different patterns. This also is another use of photography's main aspects, the use of light. by painting a clear object in different fashions, the light that creates the photograph changes and becomes something more. And this is where the art lies. Alan Ostreicher takes the world and shows it through his vision to create art. By using both the natural world unchanged for his photography, and the created world of his glass panes, to create the same aesthetic quality throughout, he bridges the gap between objects intended for art and objects with practical purposes, and he shows that art can be accomplished in both ways, you just need to know where, and more importantly, how to look.