Pat Sansone
We are thrilled to open the Rocker Gallery with an exhibit of photography by Grammy-nominated artist Patrick “Pat” Sansone. Pat is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and member of one of our favorite bands, Wilco. Pat has a deep passion for all things artistry, whether it’s as a musician or photographer.
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About
Throughout his practice, Patrick Sansone uses analog cameras and film to create photographs that reference observations of stillness, lure, and intermission. Sansone’s quiet, dreamy works could double as an album of a road trip we might never have taken. Decaying signage, glass soda bottles, empty auditorium seats, abandoned industrial sites and roadside diners are all caught in the amber of film, the artifacts of a near-mythic America. Sansone captures these moments in glimpses divorced from context - the landscapes and locales are decidedly post-human, almost otherworldly.
Born and raised in Meridian, Mississippi the self-taught Sansone's photographs embody a Southern aesthetic, not unlike Eggleston and Christenberry. Signs of antiquity appear as recurring themes in his photographs as do moments of tranquility and grandeur. Sansone takes photographs while on the road as both a touring musician, and on quiet solitary roadtrips, and the subjects reflect a restless and meditative curiosity. Through his camera, Sansone offers a record of a time and place that is both intimate and forever just out of reach. Sansone decribes the state of mind he reaches for in making this work as a “heightened state of noticing.”
Sansone’s photography practice began in the mid-2000s after discovering a love of the Polaroid SX70 camera. In 2010 he published “100 Polaroids”, a limited edition book of Polaroid photography that accompanied an exhibit at MASS MOCA. In 2020 He published a limited edition 2nd printing of the book. In more recent years Sansone has moved away from the Polaroid format, and uses 35mm and Medium Format film cameras. The concepts of meditation, the language of color, the alchemy of light and time, and the tensions between presence and remembrance are central to his work.
PATRICK SANSONE
b. 1969, Meridian, MS
Lives and works in Nashville, TN
CURRICULUM VITAE
Education
1992 BA Philosophy, University of Southern Mississippi
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Noticings: Walls,Windows,Words MASS MOCA, North Adams, MA
2021 Six Noticings, 210 Design House, Chicago, IL
2021 Six Ceasuras, SOHO HOUSE CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
2019 100 Polaroids (Selections From), Jon Oulman Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2010 100 Polaroids, MASS MOCA, North Adams, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 B-Sides, Heron Arts, San Francisco, CA
2014 Self Processing, Instant Photography, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA
Selected Bibliography
2020 Patrick Sansone. “100 Polaroids,” (2nd Printing) Sansonica Books
2010 Patrick Sansone. “100 Polaroids,” (1st Edition) Sansonica Books