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Will Rogan's Erased Magazine Pages

These works, made from the original pages of a 1970’s magicians’

trade magazine, MUM, initially elicit a sense of nostalgia. However, the

materiality of the page is foregrounded; the act of disappearing an image is a

physical removal of ink from the printed page. Mirroring the invisibility of the

photographer, the magician becomes a stand-in for the artist who has the capacity

to make things appear or to render them invisible. Here also, the camera and the

photographic image become quiet reminders of mortality.