Ryan Frank takes photographs and then places them within three dimensional objects, such as light boxes, windows, doorways, and other architectural spaces. His photographs often portray the rural landscape of Upstate New York and Connecticut where he lives, or destinations where he has traveled. His photographs are not straightforward prints on paper or jpegs on a screen; rather, they are three dimensional recreations of how he physically captured an image. Viewers are often required to contort their bodies in order to view his photographs -- bent over, standing on their toes, looking straight up or down.

For the exhibition at the Re Institute, Ryan will present an installation of large scale light box sculptures that reference the architecture of the gallery space and the rural setting in which it is located. In addition, he will create a site-specific performance piece, in collaboration with a choreographer and dancer, that explores the physicality of taking photographs and the movement required to view his sculptures.

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