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“In working with a fixed set of decades-old family portraits, Ellis constantly conjured the past. His sculpted surfaces acted as a sort of Ouija board, though instead of a planchet, Ellis was guided by his father’s original negatives to commune with his spirit. Rather than simply receiving information through this process, which Ellis might glean from making straightforward prints, Ellis entered into dialogue with his father. Consequently, one can see both voices, now integrated in a way that collapses the distinction between father and son.”
