Lia Halloran
dal 22/7/2008 al 12/9/2008
Segnalato da
22/7/2008
Lia Halloran
DCKT Contemporary (old location), New York
Dark Skate. The ten photographs on view were taken at night in various Los Angeles locations ranging from spaces appropriated by skateboarders, such as the Los Angeles River, to skate parks and backyard ramps.
DCKT Contemporary is pleased to present LIA HALLORAN's second New York solo
exhibition. The ten photographs on view were taken at night in various Los
Angeles locations ranging from spaces appropriated by skateboarders, such as
the Los Angeles River, to skate parks and backyard ramps.
The works blur the boundaries of photography and become self-portraits and
drawings as well as records of performances. Light is used to form the
drawing line while HALLORAN skateboards at night through different venues.
The resulting images are each a trajectory of the artist's movements over
time. The photographs pair urban environments with lines of light which
behave as physical objects or break apart into flurries of abstraction.
The images also have ghost-like connotations, showing action with no trace
of a figure and leaving an after-image of where but not of whom. They become
memory as well as exaggerations of architecture combined with landscape. The
light pollution of the Los Angeles night sky is often heightened by the long
exposure time of the camera.
HALLORAN is a 2001 MFA graduate of the Yale University School of Art and a
1999 BFA graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles. Her work is
included in <http://www.ici-exhibitions.org/exhibitions/space/space.htm>
Space is the Place, a traveling exhibition organized by Independent Curators
International, on view at the Hudson River Museum through September 8.
Opening Reception: Wednesday, July 23
DCKT Contemporary
195 Bowery (at Spring Street) - New York
Summer hours are Wednesday through Saturday, 11am - 5pm
Free admission