Barbara Strigel, Rebar Improvisation, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 71.1 cm by 96.5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, A Repetition of Rebar, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 71.1 cm by 96.5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Balancings, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 43.1 cm by 55.8 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Divisions and Subtractions, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 71.1 cm by 96.5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Vertical Convergence, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 43.1 cm by 55.8 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Vertical Inclination, from the Expect Delays series, 2024, archival pigment print
55.8 cm by 43.1 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Farther Away, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 43.1 cm by 55.8 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Rebar Improvisation, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 71.1 cm by 96.5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, A Repetition of Rebar, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 71.1 cm by 96.5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Balancings, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 43.1 cm by 55.8 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Divisions and Subtractions, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 71.1 cm by 96.5 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Vertical Convergence, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 43.1 cm by 55.8 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Vertical Inclination, from the Expect Delays series, 2024, archival pigment print
55.8 cm by 43.1 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Barbara Strigel, Farther Away, from the Expect Delays series, 2023, archival pigment print, 43.1 cm by 55.8 cm. Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery 881.
Expect Delays
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In Expect Delays, construction zones become an entry point to visual thinking. Barbara Strigel layers fragments of her photographs with drawings and prints, assembling the built environment into studies of form and shape that evoke an urban rhythm prompting us to think about how we apprehend space. The artist states:
When I photograph a row of rebar, I enter a state of abstraction, capturing moments where form and space align. Artists have a language for the relationships within compositions – words like balance, unity, rhythm, and harmony. This way of thinking shapes my daily experience. If I can find balance in a stack of cinder blocks or unity in the lines of a fence, I can extend this perspective to the broader world. I believe in the value of visual thinking. A visual consideration of space can connect us to a place and allow us to appreciate the visual grace that surrounds us. Construction zones are temporary spaces, evoking past, present, and future time. They are the forward momentum of cities made visible. My digital collages are a way for me to represent this dynamism.
Expect Delays presents an expansive view of photography embracing both abstraction and representation.
Artist statement originally published in Fraction Magazine, Issue 179, 2024.
