Blank Canvas
by Alex Wisser
‘Blank Canvas’ was an exhibition at MOP Projects in Sydney. The exhibit was comprised of large scale photographs (1×1.5 metres) of homes that had been lived in for more than 30 years just before they were about to be sold at auction. Blank Canvas was an attempt to capture the decorative decisions layered decade upon decade and the traces of the lives lived within these interiors. The potency of these scenes are rendered salient by the fact that they are taken just prior to their sale and within the awareness that this will result in their ultimate erasure through renovation. Thirty years of one person’s life is another person’s blank canvas.
Alex Wisser 