Over the past decade, the Australian artist has worked directly on real structures across the US, New Zealand, Australia, and Poland. Cutting into facades.

Flooding rooms with light.

Painting oversized symbols across cladding.

A unique black house with circular white detailing around the front window, surrounded by greenery and trees.

Coating whole buildings in black.

The house that once meant safety now means something else entirely.

A row of three houses showcasing different architectural styles, with a clear blue sky in the background. The central house has a large black circular feature on its facade.

Ian Strange isn’t eulogizing suburbia. He’s cross-examining it. What did it promise? What did it hide?

What’s left when the facade comes off? Each intervention becomes a photograph, a film, a record. The house is the evidence itself.

A residential house with red lighting effects highlighting the front entrance and surrounding area.

His monograph Disturbed Home, published by Damiani Editore, is the full case file.

More at ianstrange.com.

A bright red house surrounded by green trees, with an expansive lawn and a clear sky in the background.
A person in black clothing spray paints a house exterior, which is partially covered in large black graffiti, while standing on the front steps.
A house with black paint forming letters 'HEL' on its side, surrounded by green grass and trees, with other residential houses visible in the background.
A well-lit house at night, surrounded by a wooden fence and a dark blue sky, with power lines in the foreground.
A view of a partially open house with a bright source of light illuminating the interior, featuring a red door and several windows.
A house with a large circular cut-out revealing the interior, featuring two doors and a light fixture, set against a dark night sky.
A tilted black house structure in front of the Art Gallery of South Australia, with trees and a lamppost surrounding it.
A house at dusk with a large red 'X' painted on its side, surrounded by greenery and a sidewalk.

Images © Copyright Ian Strange. See more on his website.


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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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