Lori Nix: The City
Post-apocalyptic dioramas
Since the mid-90s, Lori Nix has been building tiny dioramas in her studio in Brooklyn which she then photographs with an 8×10 camera. The monumental prints that are produced showcase the wondrous and obsessive care that goes into every minute detail of Nix’s breathtakingly convincing miniatures. For this newest body of work Nix has been constructing indoor, post-apocalyptic, urban scenes imagining what the city may look like when all the humans are dead and gone. Due to the great pains the artist takes in attending to every last feature of her constructions, some of the artworks, such as her new masterpiece, ‘Map Room’, require up to 6 months to realize. Thus, Nix’s scenes are highly planned in advance, and her output notably small. ClampArt has been patiently waiting three years for the artist to produce enough work to mount a solo exhibition. – Brian Paul Clamp
