Curtis Mann: Precious Blood

After a 10-year hiatus, artist Curtis Mann creates a new, site-specific installation centered on his hometown of Dayton, Ohio. Using sourced photographs, he makes abstract cutouts, mounts them on rigid substrates, and arranges them in space, resulting in a 3D photographic fragmented collage. Mann’s return to the art scene for this exhibition is marked by revisiting and evolving his signature technique, and delivering new, site-specific works.

Mann’s distinctive technique involves a unique alchemy, using bleach to selectively erase certain details within images, creating a tension between presence and absence. The resulting photographs bear traces of their original content, yet they are simultaneously transformed into ethereal, dreamlike vistas.