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Heads: a group exhibition
Morton Bartlett, Valérie Belin, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Rineke Dijkstra,
Bill Jacobson, Sarah Anne Johnson, Soo Kim, Nikki S. Lee, David Levinthal,
Tanya Marcuse, Gary Schneider, Arne Svenson, Hellen Van Meene, and Jeff
Whetstone
November 19 - January 9, 2010
The Julie Saul Gallery is pleased to present a group exhibition called
Heads which will bring together photographs by fourteen artists
working in photography. Portrait representations come in many forms, and
this selection explores the idea of what animates or objectifies the human
physiognomy.
Several of the most lifelike representations are actually models of one
kind or another- Arne Svenson's series of forensic portraits is
represented by a little boy who engages the viewer with startling veracity,
and Tanya Marcuse's wax maiden from a Viennese museum has the dewy
freshness of a living figure. Helen Van Meene's elegant young girl
and Soo Kim's contemplative young man have artificial qualities
which more closely resemble mannequins. The obscured head is seen in Magdalena
Campos-Pons' Bim Bim Lady where the figure is covered by an
African textile but her sensuality is revealed in the fruit she offers.
Jeff Whestone's hunter is camouflaged by a mask but his intense
stare animates his persona.
Valérie Belin's Untitled #06070503 hovers somewhere between
life and artifice. Morton Bartlett and David Levinthal demonstrate
that even an obviously artificial doll can be brought to life by style
and lighting- much like a living model. Gary Schneider's long exposures
of faces render an eerily subjective and very painterly effect, which
when seen next to Bill Jacobson's portrait of a 17th century Dutch
painting forms a telling dialogue. The pose of Rineke Dijkstra's
bullfighter is pure Manet- while the immediacy of the expression is pure
photography. Finally, a blending of all of the above is seen in Nikki
S. Lee's palimpsest of street portraits which have been photographically
blended into one image. While several of the works in the show are well
known, several of them have never before been exhibited.
HEADS
NOVEMBER 19 - JANUARY 9, 2010
ENTRANCE:
Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
Bin Bin Lady: La Papaya, 2007
Four polacolor 7 Polaroid prints
24 x 20” each
East wall:
Jeff Whetstone
Brandon Smith, Turkey Hunter, 2003
gelatin silver print
28 x 35”
edition of 5
Soo Kim
The Corners of the Sea, 2009
hand-cut chromogenic print
30 x 30”
North wall:
Bill Jacobson
History Series #3129, 1999
gelatin silver print
24 x 20”
edition of 9
Tanya Marcuse
No. 187, from the series Wax Bodies, Josephinum, Vienna, Austria, 2007
pigment print
22 3/4 x 29”
edition of 5
Gary Schneider
William 2008
pigmented ink on paper
10 x 8”
edition 2/7
Gary Schneider
Francisco 2009
pigmented ink on paper
10 x 8”
edition 2/7
Gary Schneider
Jay 2009
pigmented ink on paper
10 x 8”
edition 1/7
Gary Schneider
Guy 2008
pigmented ink on paper
10 x 8”
edition 1/7
Arne Svenson
Unspeaking Likeness #4, 2006
50 x 40”
gelatin silver print
edition 1/3
Nikki S. Lee
Layers (Madrid 1), 2007
chromogenic print
37 x 30”
edition 2/3
West wall:
Rineke Dijkstra
Villa Franca, Portugal, May 8, 1994
pigment print
50 x 40”
edition 2/6
Sarah Anne Johnson
Bearded Man, 2004
chromogenic print
40 x 30”
edition of 5
South wall:
David Levinthal
#3 Barbie, 1960 (Portrait) "Commuter Set" (1959-60)
polacolor 7 Polaroid prints
24 1/2 x 21 3/4”
edition 1/5
Morton Bartlett
Girl with Fur Collar, 1995/2006
chromogenic print, printed 2006
25 x 17”
edition of 10
Valérie Belin
Untitled #06070503, 2006
pigmented inks on paper
49 1/4 x 39 3/8”
edition 3/6
Hellen van Meene
Untitled #319, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2008
12 x 12"
chromogenic print
edition of 10
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Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
Jeff Whetstone
Soo Kim
Bill Jacobson
Tanya Marcuse
Gary Schneider
Gary Schneider
Gary Schneider
Gary Schneider
Arne Svenson
Nikki S. Lee
Rineke Dijkstra
Sarah Anne Johnson
David Levinthal
Morton Bartlett
Valérie Belin
Hellen Van Meene
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