Karin Bubaš in Hidden Valley

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Karin Bubaš, "Cholla Cactus Garden in Pink," 2017

archival pigment print, 40" x 114" courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery

Karin Bubaš presents large-scale photographs of California desert flora in Hidden Valley, on view at the Monte Clark Gallery in Vancouver until Aug. 5.

Bubaš, long interested in colour manipulation within analog photography, is known for surreal landscapes that both suggest and withhold narratives. She has explored painterly tints in previous work, including colour gels that shift hues and smoke bombs dispersed across landscapes.

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Karin Bubaš, "Barrel Cactus," 2017

archival pigment print, 36" x 36" courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery

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Karin Bubaš, "Agave Garden in Green and Purple," 2017

archival pigment print, 60" x 60" courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery

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Much of the work in this show was shot over the last two years on LomoChrome Purple, a colour negative film much like Kodak's Aerochrome, a now-discontinued infrared film developed for aerial cartography and surveillance, and LomoChrome Turquoise, another similar film.

Bubaš is known for staging costumed female figures in park-like settings to create images that refer to art cinema and vintage Hollywood movies.

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Karin Bubaš, "Joshua in Purple (with Striped Dress)," 2017

archival pigment print, 40" x 114" courtesy of the artist and Monte Clark Gallery

She graduated in 1998 from what is now the Emily Carr University of Art and Design and has exhibited nationally and internationally, including solo shows at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris and the Charles H. Scott Gallery in Vancouver. Her work is in the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery and the Glenbow in Calgary.