Sandy Skoglund

Title: Revenge of the Goldfish

Artist: Sandy Skoglund

Medium: Photograph

Year: 1980



Give a brief description of the movement, photographer, or term you researched. How are they significant to the history of photography?



Sandy Skoglund is an American photographer and installation artist.



Skoglund creates surrealist images by building elaborate sets or tableaux, furnishing them with carefully selected small children, models and other objects. Finally, she photographs the set, complete with actors. The works are characterized by an overwhelming amount of one object and either bright, contrasting colors or a monochromatic color scheme.



One of her most-known sculptures, features numerous fish hovering above people in bed late at night and is called Revenge of the Goldfish. The piece was used as cover art for the Inspiral Carpets album of the same name.





Write a short personal reaction to the movement, photographer or term you researched. What is interesting or not interesting about the work.



I was very impressed at the amount of work that went into the sets that she photographs. Everything is so meticulously placed so that they seem to belong there, even though it would be perposterous. They seem like a scene from one of our dreams.





Name: Joe Ulwelling