John Stezaker

The London artist's photo appropriations, which were roughly contemporaneous with those of Robert Heinecken, Joh Baldessari and the Pictures Generation, weren't well-known here until a few years ago, but since then, his film-noir aesthetic has definitely made an impression. His latest works include silkscreen paintings and a film, all based on stills from ’40s and ’50s cinema and dealing with the idea of shadows and the way they signify presence through what is essentially a form of absence.