Keywords
space operations
deconstruction
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Abstract
This article discusses the work of two contemporary visual artists based on questions that are expected to be relevant for thinking about contemporary photography. The text puts into reflection two works that problematize the transparency of the image and the look in relation to a referent. The text is based on the work “Yucatan Mirror Displacements”, of Robert Smithson (USA, 1938-1973) in order to think about issues related to visuality and perception about time and space and extends the reflections to meet the work “Killed Negatives (After Walker Evans)”, of Lisa Oppenheim (USA , 1975). Throughout the text, conversations are proposed with other authors such as Jacques Derrida, Yves-Lomax, Robert Smithson, Susan Sontag and Jeniffer Roberts.