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James Casebere — Classroom, Casa Del Fascio
James Casebere

Classroom, Casa Del Fascio

2005

James Casebere's *Classroom, Casa Del Fascio* is a meticulously constructed architectural photograph rendered as a dye destruction print, depicting a spare, eerily vacant classroom interior bathed in cool, diffused light. Casebere builds his subjects as small-scale tabletop models before photographing them, imbuing the scene with an uncanny stillness that hovers between reality and fabrication. The work draws on the loaded history of Italian Fascist architecture, using the emptied, idealized space to evoke themes of power, indoctrination, and institutional control.

Medium
dye destruction print

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November 12, 2018

Estimate: $15,000$20,000

Lot 44

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James Casebere, Classroom, Casa Del Fascio, 2005

James Casebere's *Classroom, Casa Del Fascio* is a meticulously constructed architectural photograph rendered as a dye destruction print, depicting a spare, eerily vacant classroom interior bathed in cool, diffused light. Casebere builds his subjects as small-scale tabletop models before photographing them, imbuing the scene with an uncanny stillness that hovers between reality and fabrication. The work draws on the loaded history of Italian Fascist architecture, using the emptied, idealized space to evoke themes of power, indoctrination, and institutional control.

Medium
dye destruction print
Year
2005
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Photography, Interior Scene, Minimalist, Male Artist, Architecture Photography, Dye Destruction Print, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Staged Photography, Political Themes, Monochromatic

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