(Re)collecting an Artist’s Dream
(Re)collecting an Artist’s Dream is the inaugural exhibition inside and out “The Cottage” and on the road of open air studio Shinnecock Hills. Organized by Sandrow to be composed of works by Artist Colleagues who participated in her projects…or she in theirs.
Jeremy Dennis
The Moon Person 2 in the ongoing series Stories: Oral Stories, Dreams, & Experiences
2017
Archival Inkjet Print
20” x 30“
Collection Hope Sandrow.
Installed on a woven grass patterned paper (United Wallpaper Co) circa 1948 representative of Shinnecock Wigwams, traditional mats and baskets, and the Shinnecock Hills Landscape prior to development by the LIRR and the Long Island Improvement Company.
Jeremy Dennis (b. 1990) is a contemporary fine art photographer and founder of Ma’s House. A member of Shinnecock Indian Nation, a federally recognized tribe in Southampton, Long Island, whose work explores indigenous identity, assimilation, and tradition from the lens of a millennial.
About
“Native American stories and legends have traditionally served the role of dealing with the unknown for Native people, specifically to illustrate the power of nature and create a reverence for it. As a Native American myself, recreating these stories with digital photography is my way of dealing with my own mysteries – where I come from and who my people are.
The medium of photography, and my specific method of creating photorealistic, yet supernatural, images is to transform these stories from myths and legends on a page to depictions of actual experience in a photo. Using photography’s power to mirror reality, the stories subscribe to the modern standard of perceptual spiritual belief.
The themes, aesthetics, morals, and stories of each image attempt to give Native American culture a contemporary agency to discuss the taboos of post-colonialism and universal global themes.”
Jeremy Dennis