Google Reader Response #2

This week, the blog post I found most intriguing came from americansuburbx's article on Jess Brouws' "Innercity" photographs. I think what intrigued me about these photographs were the almost post-apocalyptic subject matter, of city slums that had appeared to be deserted. I have always been so enamored with figurative work that I often over-look how brilliant non-figurative work can be. In this series, however, I found myself taken out of my preferences and appreciating the aesthetics of the space that the figure inhabits. In spite of the fact that the scenes are of run-down cities and eerily void of human presence, I find myself drawn to the quietness of desolation in such a manner that it is almost peaceful for me.