“Midwestern Rebellion” installation view, Silver Paper Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 1994
Midwestern Rebellion (1987-1994)
Portraits of Wisconsin of individualists and subterranean types in their native habitat from the privacy of bedrooms to the public space of the street in coastal towns. Punk rock and art fashion are reinterpreted and made personal as people stand before our view camera. Many of the photographs were commissioned by regional magazines who supported our earliest work including Milwaukee Magazine, Express Milwaukee, Art Muscle Magazine, and Jim Romenesko‘s Public Record. Made at the height of MTV and before the web, personal construction and presentation read as an idiosyncratic project.