ANN RHONEY – LIFE IN COLOR
2018-07-02Rhoney has created works of art that marry the light of photography with the colors of painting since the mid-1970s. Her tenacious questioning of the camera’s ability to register the nuances of color seen by the human eye recalls that of Josef Albers, who wrote in Interactions of Color (1963) that “color photography deviates still more from eye vision than black-and-white photography. Blue and red are overemphasized to such an extent that their brightness is exaggerated. Though this may flatter public taste, the result is a loss in finer nuances and in delicate relationships.” The rich blacks and silvers of Rhoney’s darkroom prints recall photography’s etymology as drawn light. By applying transparent paint to the surface, she fulfills photography’s promise of true luminosity, and reveals a dazzling spectrum of blues, peaches, and grays unattainable in traditional color photography.
Opposite – Chelsea, Warm Evening, 1986
Exhibition runs through to July 20th, 2018
Nailya Alexander Gallery
41 East 57th Street
Suite 704
New York
10022 NY
www.nailyaalexandergallery.com
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