David Maisel and John Zinsser
dal 4/6/2003 al 1/8/2003
Segnalato da
4/6/2003
David Maisel and John Zinsser
Von Lintel Gallery, New York
Von Lintel Gallery is proud to present The Lake Project, an exhibition of large-scale photographs by David Maisel. Bible Studies, a show of new abstract works on paper by John Zinsser.
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DAVID MAISEL: THE LAKE PROJECT PHOTOGRAPHS
June 5 - August 1, 2003
Von Lintel Gallery is proud to present THE LAKE PROJECT, an exhibition of
large-scale photographs by David Maisel.
For more than two decades, David Maisel has explored American landscapes that
have been transformed by severe environmental damage. Captured from an aerial
perspective, Maisel's photographs appear as abstracted, yet complex, maps of the
abused terrain. Serving as a means to meditate on contemporary consciousness,
the surreal images do not incite a clear call for action as much as they inspire
private contemplation. They are both spectacular and horrifying. Incorporating
equal measures of documentation and metaphor, beauty and despair, Maisel's works
reflect a contemporary version of the sublime, and are truly transcendental
landscapes.
THE LAKE PROJECT introduces the viewer to Maisel's fascinating depiction of
Owens Valley. Located in southeastern California, this now arid stretch of land
was once home to Owens Lake and the lower Owens River. At the beginning of the
20th Century, the lake was completely drained in order to divert water to a
quickly growing Los Angeles. The result was a vast exposed salt flat with
unusually concentrated mineral levels and extremely vulnerable topsoil. In 2002,
in an effort to diminish the frequent toxic dust storms that form in the area,
the Environmental Protection Agency began to flood parts of the lakebed. Maisel,
who has photographed Owens Valley before and after the EPA's stabilization
program, succeeds in archiving the geographical transformation while offering an
incredibly innovative viewpoint.
David Maisel has exhibited widely in the United States. His photographs are
represented in many museum collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, LACMA, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts and the
George Eastman House. He lives and works in the San Francisco Bay area.
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 5, from 6-8 PM
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JOHN ZINSSER: BIBLE STUDIES
June 5 - August 1, 2003
Von Lintel Gallery is pleased to announce BIBLE STUDIES, a show of new abstract
works on paper by John Zinsser.
John Zinsser describes his current project:
What role do painting titles play in forming a bridge between content and
meaning and abstract art? This question has long vexed me--as well as inspiring
me to publish my mini treatise, 750 Standard Painting Titles, in 1992. I
recently began to think about Biblical titles. Starting with Genesis, of
course,I realized that the Bible is full of great painting titles. Some
examples: "The First Day," "Without Form," "The Face of the Deep," "Dust and
Ashes," "One Language, One Speech," "A Pillar of Salt." With their elemental
overtones, these seemed directly attached to my painting practice--abstraction
in which the material elements are allowed to assert a kind of primary
authority. Especially with regard to associative meaning. That is, the reading
that is brought to looking at a piece of art by the viewer. To me, a formal
painting still represents something. Given the long standing of religious
subject matter in painting from an art historical vantage point, the connection
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the present moment seemed clear--and intriguing.
Zinsser, 42, is a leading member of a group of younger abstract painters
responding to the legacy of the American Abstract Expressionist movement through
newly objective terms. His works are duochrome, radically reduced to just two
interactive colors, oil painted over enamel He has exhibited widely in the U.S.
and Europe since 1988. He was co-founder of Journal of Contemporary Art in 1988
and has written for such publications as Art in America. He is currently a
lecturer on contemporary art at The New School University in New York.
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 5, from 6-8 PM
For more information please contact the gallery at 212 242 0599
VON LINTEL GALLERY
555 WEST 25TH STREET, 2ND FLR
NEW YORK, NY 10001
212 242 0599 F: 212 242 0803