“Is painting dead?” was the art question of the last century. For the past 150 years, since the invention of photography, the question has been about what painting still has to offer. It is perhaps ironic to discuss photography in terms of painting, but ELEMENTAL at Spalding Nix Fine Art (on view until November 12) calls for such an approach. The five Atlanta photographers in the exhibition understand and appreciate their art historical ancestors; their work is indebted to painting. What is striking in ELEMENTAL is the way each of these photographers addresses formalist concerns such as color, composition and light in their photographs, though each one’s process and content are completely different from the others’.

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