RECENT ACQUISITIONS IN FOCUS – LATENT NARRATIVES

Posted on 2016-10-24

This exhibition features multipart photographic works by William Leavitt, Liza Ryan, Fazal Sheikh, and Whitney Hubbs. Juxtaposing images of people, places, and things, the works present fragmentary, enigmatic narratives that nonetheless establish a powerful, almost palpable atmosphere or mood. When sequenced by the artist in a specific order, the images recall storyboards used for motion pictures. When excerpted from a larger series, they suggest a stream-of-consciousness meditation on a theme. By providing the visual cues or markers of stories still to be played out, these photographs encourage visitors to participate in completing the narratives.

Opposite – Untitled from the series The Song Itself Is Already a Skip, 2012, Whitney Hubbs

Exhibition runs through to January 29th, 2017

J. Paul Getty Museum
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles
California
CA 90049-1679

www.getty.edu

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MARTINA HOOGLAND IVANOW – CIRCULAR WAIT

Posted on 2016-10-17

There is an unmistakable and highly personal inflection in Martina Hoogland Ivanow’s images emanating from their compact atmosphere and her distinctive way of dealing with shadowsand light. The images are characterized by a soft grey scale.These muted tones become a filter between the image and the viewer, a filter that also lends a sense of timelessness to the images.
In Martina Hoogland Ivanow’s most recent work, the series Circular Wait (2010–2014), she has focused on examining our oftentimes artificial and contradictory relationship with nature – a relationship that is largely about control. Like her series Satellite, Circular Wait proceeds from the longing for the authentic and wild that is fundamental to many subcultures that to a greater or lesser degree distance themselves from urban culture. Seeking to live in harmony with nature is often exclusive and only accessible to a select few. Other problematic dimensions include issues of sustainability and gender. The wilderness is not big enough for everyone to live in and warm themselves by an open fire, and, in most cases, a return to a more “original” life involves a return to more rigid gender roles.

Exhibition runs through to November 26th, 2016

Grundemark Nilsson Gallery
Lindenstrasse 34
10969 Berlin
Germany

www.grundemarknilsson.se

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DAREK FORTAS – SKENE

Posted on 2016-10-17

Skene is a word taken from ancient Greek and literally means ‘structure that supports the background in theatre as well as seeing and exposing’. Over the course of last year Fortas has been photographing contemporary versions of Skene – structures which are crucial for plays, or performances to happen, but remain invisible to public.

Opposite – ‘Interior II (Third Floor Canteen View)’, from the series ‘Coal Story’, 2011

Exhibition runs through to October 22nd, 2016

RUA RED
South Dublin Arts Centre
Tallaght
Dublin 24
Ireland

ruared.ie

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