| Press Release Checklist ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTS in contemporary photography July 7- August 18, 2000 Summer hours: Tuesday- Friday, 11-6 Manuel Acevedo Asymptote: Rashid and Couture Oliver Boberg Dino Bruzzone James Casebere Robert Cumming Jan Groover Craig Kalpakjian Barbara Kasten Didier Massard Nic Nicosia Orit Raff Glen Seator Susa Templin Bernard Voita Julie Saul Gallery is pleased to announce a summer group show on the theme of architecture in photographs which have been staged, constructed and manipulated. The marriage of staging and architecture in photography is a natural pairing, evolving from the use of architectural models which are often recorded and used as part of the conceptual and design process. The Bauhaus tradition of manipulated photographs evolved into the postmodern practice of using models as a representation of the simulacrum. James Casebere's black and white prints from the late ¥70s and Barbara Kasten's monumental architectural on-site constructions from the early ¥80s both make use of geometry and archetypal forms. Jan Groover combined architectural views into triptychs for purely formal reasons. The simulacrum and its use as a means of social commentary has been widely exploited using architectural sites- ranging from the dynamics of home life in Nic Nicosia's "Domestic Disaster" series from the early ¥80s to Oliver Boberg's recent amusing parodies of the German school of straight photography which he meticulously renders in mind boggling trompe l'oeil. Glen Seator is known for his fictive architectural constructions which function as surrogate environments and sculpture- from which he often creates photographs which further the mediation with reality. Orit Raff conjures up an architectural space through photographs and actual structural elements- in this case a public bathroom. Didier Massard is presents in image based on one of his painstaking maquettes of a western pueblo. The computer is central to the design process in recent architecture, and it is natural that the same concepts (and software) are applied to photographs, allowing both a tool and commentary on virtual life. The team Asymptote: Rashid and Couture create completely digitally produced architectural environments which constantly morph and Craig Kalpakjian uses the computer to create completely convincing interior spaces. Manuel Acevedo whose work was recently seen in the "Greater New York" show at PS1 and Susa Templin take a decidedly lo-tech approach to their fantasy driven architectural propositions which combine documentary photographs with collage and drawing. Reference to the child's play of building and models is used in the highly sophisticated work of Bernard Voita, as well as the playful constructions of Argentinean architect Dino Bruzzone. Images (top to bottom): James Casebere, Barbara Kasten, Susa Templin, Glen Seator ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTS in contemporary photography July 7- August 18, 2000 Counterclockwise from door: Craig Kalpakjian Dark Hall II, 2000 chromogenic print mounted on aluminum 36 x 48" edition 1/6 James Casebere Prison at Cherry Hill, 1992 cibachrome print 40 x 30" edition of 5 Oliver Boberg Dach II (Roof II), 1998 Ektacolor print 21.9 x 37.4" edition of 6 Orit Raff Untitled (half closed) 1999 metal wall and chromogenic photograph mounted on aluminum unique work Jan Groover Untitled, 1979 three 15 x 15" chromogenic color prints edition 1/3 Robert Cumming The Straw House, 1979 unique Polaroid print 20 x 24" Nic Nicosia Domestic Drama #4, 1982 chromogenic photograph 30 x 40" AP 2/3 Dino Bruzzone "Obra en construccion", 1998 chromogenic print mounted on aluminum 1.20 x 1.20 m edition of 3 Susa Templin "Space Available" Proposal #3 for the City of New York, 1998/99 chromogenic print 40 x 30" edition of 3 Bernard Voita Untitled , 1995 gelatin silver print 9 x 9 1/2" Untitled, 1997 gelatin silver print 42 1/4 x 47 1/4" edition 4/5 Manuel Acevedo Untitled (Newark), 2000 three 16 x 20 silver prints with drawing unique work Didier Massard Pueblo, 1997 cibachrome print 36 x 48" edition of 10 Glen Seator Untitled (Oregon Oak), 1999 cibachrome print mounted on plexiglass 24 x 24" edition of 25 Asymptote: Hani Rashid + Lise Anne Couture Isacpes 1.0 1999 mini DVD player in plexi box ed. #1/15 12 x 12 x 12" Iscapes 1.0 1999 series 3, #01-#05 digital iris prints mounted on aluminum 18 x 24" edition of 10 Barbara Kasten Architectural site 16 October 19, 1987 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York cibachrome print 40 x 30" edition 3/10 top For additional information contact the gallery back |
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