Katherine Wolkoff Captures Deer Beds in Intimate Photographs
Photographer Katherine Wolkoff's series 'Deer Beds' documents the flattened grassy areas where deer sleep on Block Island, Rhode Island. The images, printed nearly life-size, focus on the nest-like impressions left behind, exploring themes of absence, comfort, and resilience. Critic Eva Diaz noted in Artforum that the work subverts photography's hunting metaphor by making the absence of prey the subject. Wolkoff, whose practice examines the human-nature relationship in the Anthropocene, is completing a book of pinhole photographs from a migrating bird's perspective on Block Island. Some of those works will appear in a spring exhibition centered on the Atlantic Flyway at Benrubi Gallery.
Key facts
- Katherine Wolkoff created the series 'Deer Beds' on Block Island, Rhode Island.
- The series depicts flattened grass where deer have slept, printed at nearly life size.
- Critic Eva Diaz reviewed the work in Artforum, noting it subverts the hunting metaphor.
- Wolkoff's mother, a science teacher, first told her about deer beds.
- The artist is finishing a book of pinhole photos from a migrating bird's perspective on Block Island.
- A forthcoming exhibition at Benrubi Gallery next spring will feature works about the Atlantic Flyway.
- Wolkoff's work broadly addresses the natural world in the Anthropocene and the climate crisis.
- The series was first exhibited and reviewed in Artforum.
Entities
Artists
- Katherine Wolkoff
- Eva Diaz
Institutions
- Artforum
- Benrubi Gallery
- Colossal
Locations
- Block Island
- Rhode Island
- Atlantic Flyway