Carlo Ferraris
dal 16/4/2003 al 17/5/2003
Segnalato da
16/4/2003
Carlo Ferraris
Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
The Help of Metaphysics in Everyday Life. Multimedia Installation. An exhibition that includes videos, photographs, and sculptures. The title of the show prepares us for a visceral viewing experience with works that represent both the literal and metaphorical and address a spatial or perceptual experience and its psychological implication to everyday life and objects.
The Help of Metaphysics in Everyday Life
Multimedia Installation
Florence Lynch Gallery is pleased to present a multimedia installation by
Carlo Ferraris. The exhibition is on view from April 17 to May 17, 2003.
An opening reception will be held at the gallery on Thursday, April 17, from
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
For his first one-person exhibition with the gallery, Carlo Ferraris
presents an exhibition that includes videos, photographs, and sculptures.
The title of the show prepares us for a visceral viewing experience with
works that represent both the literal and metaphorical and address a spatial
or perceptual experience and its psychological implication to everyday life
and objects.
In the exhibition, all legends, knowledge, and invention, all heritage and
messages, all the avant-garde inventors of every era and tradition, all of
it becomes a series of metaphysical creation of contemporary gadgets. Among
the works in exhibit, Blacklight is a flashlight that functions contrary to
its usual usage wherein a dark area is created when the flash is pointed to
a certain area. The Frostwave works much like a microwave except instead of
cooking and warming beverages and food, in seconds it freezes them. In the
videos, fast paced, animated action arrives at an emotional crescendo.
Suggestive scenes and camera work redefine cinematography. The process is
as intricate as the completed video. A dialogue is created between the
obvious and the miraculous which becomes indicative of a distinct visual
plot. After our whirlwind viewing experience, the videos turn out to be
infomercials of sorts to demonstrate how the invented objects
are to be used.
These reflective works hover between conceptual and objective; and though
his symbolism is not always evident, the sentimentality and poetic content,
compel viewers to encounter lasting feelings.
Born in the Piedmont region of Italy, Ferraris currently lives and work in
New York. He has participated in numerous exhibitions in Europe and the
U.S. His work has been exhibited in one person exhibitions at Esso Gallery,
New York; C.A. OTKRbITKA Gallery, Moscow; Galleria Valeria Belvedere, Milan;
Galleria Disegno, Montua, and Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, among others.
Group exhibitions include: Galerie Corinne Caminade, Paris, France; Queens
Museum, New York; Galerie von Fellner, Krefeld, Germany; Millennium Film
Workshop Inc., New York; kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany; Salle
D'Exposition Centre St. Charles, University de Paris I, Sorbonne, Paris; Art
in General, New York; Cape Town, South Africa; Galerie Le Faisant,
Strasbourg; London Brewery, London; and White Columns, New York, among
others. His work has been published and reviewed extensively in such
publications as The New York Times, Vogue, Elle Decor, Flash Art, Lacanian
Ink, Casa Vogue, Art Press, Art in America, ArtNews, L'Architettura, Juliet,
Artforum, Tema Celeste, and The Art Newspaper, among others.
In the image: 'Naked Man' (1998).
Concurrent to the New York exhibition Ferraris will have a one-person show,
opening April 26, at the Galerie Corinne Caminade in Paris.
Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 to 6:00 p.m. For
further information and photographic material please contact Florence Lynch
or Charles Haywood at 924-3290.
Concurrent with his NY show, Carlo Ferraris will exhibit at the Corinne
Caminade Gallery, in Paris. Opening April 26.
Florence Lynch Gallery, 531-539 West 25th Street, Ground Floor, New York
10001
Tel. 924-3290