Steven Rotter
Artist Statement:
“In this series, I explore the agency of the uncanny, in which photographs that evoke a sense of unease or discomfort can challenge and subvert our expectations, perceptions, and emotions. I seek to capture the moments when the ordinary becomes unsettling and the disturbing coexists in an eerie harmony.
Developed by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, the uncanny is closely linked to the familiar, and it often arises from a sense of something that should have remained hidden. It is closely tied to our deepest, most primal fears and desires.”
Artist Bio:
“Steven Rotter is an accomplished fine art photographer who has exhibited his work in numerous museums and galleries in New York City, the United States, and Europe.
His education at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, where he studied painting, photography and art history, provided him with a strong foundation in conceptual art and artistic techniques. He further practiced his artistic vision and skills as a founding member of Russian émigré artists, Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid’s, School of Bayonne, a renowned art school, known for its conceptual art and avant-garde teachings, located in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood.
He continues his artistic exploration of how photographs of traditional subjects
can be intelligent, funny, and beautiful.”