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12/9/2003

Two exhibitions

Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles

"Miyelo"
Photographs by Viggo Mortensen
September 13th - November 1st

The Stephen Cohen Gallery is honored to announce an exhibition of photographs by Viggo Mortensen. The gallery is located at 7358 Beverly Boulevard and is open Tuesday-Saturday 11-5 and by appointment. Please note there is no opening reception for this exhibition.

"Miyelo" is comprised of a series of large-scale, panoramic photographs of a Lakota Ghost Dance. They record a re-creation of the dance that was originally performed by members of Chief Big Foot's band on December 29, 1890 near Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. These long exposures represent what was intended as a hallucination by a veteran of the Wounded Knee Massacre, as shot in the California Desert in March 2003 for the movie "Hidalgo." The intent was to capture the event as a delirious remembrance, an ephemeral dream. The artist hopes these images might illustrate his belief that regardless of the context of any specific time or place, "we communicate, at best, as outlines and silhouettes to each other; blurry vanishing tracings of what we really see, feel and mean." An accompanying book will be published by Pereceval Press and made available at the gallery.

Viggo Mortensen is an accomplished photographer, painter, poet and actor. His work is the subject of numerous books and has been exhibited at The Robert Mann Gallery, Track 16 Gallery, Fototeca de Cuba and most recently at Museet for Fotokunst in Denmark. Upcoming exhibitions are scheduled at The Wellington City Gallery and Massey University in Wellington, New Zealand this December.

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SOCIAL STUDIES 1993-2003:
A SELECTION OF WORK BY LAUREN GREENFIELD
September 13th - November 1st

Renowned photographer Lauren Greenfield explores the complexity of growing up amidst the influence of a commercial culture. Her examination of young America has given rise to two highly acclaimed bodies of work with accompanying books: Fast Forward: Growing Up in the Shadow of Hollywood and Girl Culture. Select photographs from both series, spanning a decade of significant study, will be on view at the Stephen Cohen Gallery from September 13th to November 1st, 2003 in conjunction with an exhibition of her work at the Skirball Cultural Center. The gallery is located at 7358 Beverly Boulevard and is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 11am to 5 pm and by appointment.

The photographs on exhibit in this special collection offer a rare perspective of a generation imposed upon by the impossible ideals of a culture saturated with media icons. They exemplify ritualistic tendencies in the context of a society obsessed with beauty, money, popularity, sex, and fame.

Lauren Greenfieldx{2019}s work appears regularly in The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, National Geographic, Harperx{2019}s Bazaar and Time. She has received numerous awards and grants, including The Hasselblad Foundation Grant, The Nikon Sabbatical Grant and The National Press Photographersx{2019} Community Awareness Award. Her work is in many museum and private collections including The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and The International Center of Photography.

Stephen Cohen Gallery, Inc.
7358 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
P: 323-937-5525
F: 323-937-5523

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