Franklin Ratliff
2016-18 | Nuke
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This series is based on an archive of photographs that I collected from my family. Many of the photographs in the archive are black and white. Monochrome images have the ability to transport us to different times and places. I chose monochrome palettes made with a biohazardous green or a radioactive blue, colors that transformed the nostalgic photographs into an otherworldly and uninhabitable place. The title of this series references the play between the nuclear family portrayed in my archive of photographs and the contaminated palettes I used to transform them.
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In cases where a work did not perfectly fit the themes of a series, I placed that work according to date. I placed these less related works at the bottom of the page.
minor event on blue and grey, 2017, oil on paper, 11"x7", not available
minor event with stain, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11", not available
minor event in stripes, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11"
minor event in suit, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11", not available
minor event with halo, 2017, oil on canvas, 16"x12", not available
minor event at party, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11", not available
minor event with ray gun, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11", not available
minor event with hat, 2017, oil on paper, 11"x7", not available
minor event with eyes closed, 2017, oil on paper, 11"x7"
minor event with no face, 2017, oil on paper, 11"x7"
minor event with iceberg 1, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11", not available
minor event with iceberg 2, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11", not available
minor event with iceberg 3, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11", not available
minor event with aurora, 2016, oil on canvas, 16"x12", not available
minor event with ignition, 2016, oil on canvas, 16"x12", not available
minor event with interference, 2016, oil on canvas, 16"x12"
minor event in infrared, 2016, oil on canvas, 16"x12"
minor event with brimmed hat, 2017, oil on board, 6"x4", not available
minor event with wrap, 2017, oil on paper, 11"x15"
minor event with lizard, 2017, oil on paper, 16"x14"
minor event with salamander, 2017, oil on aluminum, 6"x4", not available
minor event with grandmother and child, 2017, oil on paper, 11"x7"
minor event with burns, 2017, oil on paper, 8"x6"
minor event with electric gator, 2017, oil on paper, 18"x12"
minor event with fish rug, 2017, charcoal on paper, 22"x30"
minor event consumed, 2017, oil on canvas, 12"x16", not available
minor event with smoke rings, 2017, oil on paper, 11"x15", not available
minor event with poof, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11"
minor event with reveler, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11"
minor event with dry ice, 2017, oil on paper, 15"x11"
minor event with pool, 2017, oil on paper, 11"x15", not available
minor event with catastrophe, 2018, oil on paper, 22"x22"
minor event with parakeets, 2018, oil on paper, 8"x6"
minor event with cat, 2018, oil on paper, 8"x6"
minor event with cat and cage, 2018, oil on paper, 8"x6"
minor event with teeth, 2018, oil on paper, 8"x6"
minor event downstairs, 2018, oil on paper, 22"x10"
minor event with devil, 2017, oil on paper, 8"x6"