Sandy Skoglund's Hybrid Worlds at CAMERA Torino

CAMERA Torino presents a retrospective of American artist Sandy Skoglund (b. 1946, Massachusetts), curated by Germano Celant. The exhibition spans over 100 photographs and sculptures, from early 1970s works like 'Motels' (1974) and 'Reflections in a Mobile Home' (1977) to the newly completed 'Winter' (2008–2018), a decade-long project. Skoglund, a key figure in staged photography, describes herself as an 'image maker' rather than a photographer or sculptor. Her works combine mundane interiors with surreal, chromatic intrusions—such as orange fish in a blue bedroom ('Revenge of the Goldfish', 1981), green cats in a kitchen ('Radioactive Cats', 1980), red foxes in a gray restaurant ('Fox Games', 1989), and purple dogs on a green lawn ('The Green House', 1990). The exhibition highlights her hybrid practice, blending photography, sculpture, and installation to create dreamlike, ironic scenes.