Henry Wessel
dal 9/1/2007 al 9/2/2007
Segnalato da
9/1/2007
Henry Wessel
Robert Mann Gallery, New York
His "keen-eyed observations share the spontaneity and honesty of snapshots, but are inflected with his own wry humor." Sandra Sloan. The Gallery will exhibit two series by the artist: California and the West and Night Walk. Additional works will also be included.
Solo show
From January 10 to February 10, 2007, Robert Mann Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Henry Wessel. A reception will be held on Wednesday, January 10 (6-8pm). The exhibition is presented in partnership with Charles Cowles Gallery, where a complimentary Henry Wessel exhibition will be on view from January 11 to February 17, 2007. Also exhibiting Henry Wessel in 2007 are the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Rena Bransten Gallery and Theresa Luisotti Gallery.
Henry Wessel has worked as a photographer for nearly thirty years. He first garnered widespread critical attention during the early 1970s in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and as one of the young photographers included in the New Topographics exhibition at the International Museum of Photography in Rochester, New York. Since then, Wessel has documented his surroundings, finding a sense of lyrical beauty in the everyday. His "keen-eyed observations share the spontaneity and honesty of snapshots, but are inflected with his own wry humor." (Sandra Sloan, SFMOMA) Robert Mann Gallery will exhibit two series by the artist: California and the West and Night Walk. Additional works will also be included.
Henry Wessel was born in 1942 in Teaneck, New Jersey. He received a B.A. degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1966 and an M.F.A. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1972. In 1971 he was awarded the first of two John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowships, and he has also received three National Endowment for the Arts grants. Wessel's photographs are included in many major collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago; the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson; Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Currently, Wessel is on faculty in the photography department at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Opening: Wednesday, January 10 (6-8pm)
Robert Mann Gallery
210 Eleventh Avenue - New York