Pilson e Davenport
dal 5/9/2001 al 6/10/2001
Segnalato da
5/9/2001
Pilson e Davenport
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery is pleased to present two solo shows: John Pilson "New work", Nancy Davenport "The apartments". Through observations of his immediate surroundings, Pilson forms a world in images where man is alternately at odds with and fascinated by an interior, urban landscape, more specifically the impersonal corporate work environment. With this new body of work, Davenport has produced haltingly beautiful large-scale images of modernist apartment facades punctured by singular incidents of terrorism and political protest.
Two solo shows: John Pilson "New work", Nancy Davenport "The apartments".
Through observations of his immediate surroundings, Pilson forms a world in
images where man is alternately at odds with and fascinated by an interior,
urban landscape, more specifically the impersonal corporate work environment.
Pilson’s work was most recently seen in the Plateau of Mankind exhibition at
the 49th Venice Biennale where he was awarded one of the special prizes for a
young artist. Video technology for this exhibition is provided by Panasonic.
With this new body of work, Davenport has produced haltingly beautiful large-
scale images of modernist apartment facades punctured by singular incidents of
terrorism and political protest. Combining a fascination with images of
political actions from the history of photo journalism (i.e. Munich ' 72,
Belfast '72, etc.) as well as images of performance art pieces of the early
1970's (i.e. Chris Burden, Dennis Oppenheim, Rebecca Horn) with a particular
type of urban architecture sometimes referred to as ‘no-style modernism
or ‘white brick wonders’, she wryly manipulates the conventions of surveillance
documentation to explore a conflict between idealism and institutional forces.
Opening: Thursday, September 6, 6-8 pm
Image: John Pilson, A la claire fontaine,
2001,
a multi channel video,
Video technology provided by Panasonic
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery
526 West 26th Street New York City, NY 10001
Tel: 212-243-3335