AUSTIN IRVING
NOT AN EXIT

NOT AN EXIT is a collection of large format analog photographs that proposes a closer examination of the nondescript interiors that we routinely pass through; doorways and hallways, spaces intended for movement but here, somehow appear impenetrable. Irving transforms dead ends into studies on the architecture—spatial and psychological—of confinement, straddling the boundary of absurdist and unsettling. Both banal and bizarre, the Kafkaesque quirks and the illusionistic geometry of these locations draw the eye deep into the picture, only to be thwarted in its progress through space. Presented as close-to-life-size Lightjet prints, the scale and repetitive compositional elements of these images evoke a methodology of clinical examination and categorization of the liminal spaces we inhabit and yet often never truly see. We are going somewhere and yet — there seems to be no way out.

Author
Austin Irving (b. 1984, NYC) is an award winning visual artist who works with large format analog photography. Irving graduated cum laude with a BFA from the Department of Photography and Imaging at NYU’s TISCH School Of The Arts in 2006. Her artwork has been exhibited in galleries and museums in Hong Kong, India, Germany, Lithuania, France, and across the United States. She has participated in exhibitions at institutions such as MOCA, The Irvine Fine Arts Center, FMoPA, The International Photography Symposium, Virginia Tech, NY Center for Photographic Arts, and The Katonah Museum of Art. Her work has been the recipient of the Architecture Master Prize, Aesthetica Art Prize, MonoAwards, American Photography Competition, IPA, PX3, TIFA, and BIFA. Her images have been featured in The LA Times, Wired, Slate, Architectural Digest, LA Weekly, PDN, Artillery, TimeOut NY, Artsy, Voyage LA, Yatzer, and Artweek LA. Irving lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their dog, Kodak.

Website
www.austinirving.com

Instagram
@austin.irving

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