Two exhibitions
dal 28/4/2011 al 21/5/2011
Segnalato da
Tony Matelli
Andrew Bruah
Jennifer Boomer
Georg Parthen
Dennis Preparato
J. Carrier
Tim Carpenter
Nelson Chan
Tricia Hoffman
Charlie Simokaitis
Susan Hayre Thelwell
Carl Wooley
Jennifer Trail
Leo Goddard
Robert Seto
Doug Lowell
JB Fitts
Bryan Schutmatt
Dorothee Deiss
28/4/2011
Two exhibitions
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
In keeping with Tony Matelli's ongoing themes of desolation, panic, ambivalence, despair and occasionally hope, his anti-monuments coalesce to present a central theme: the indeterminable. In conjunction the Hartford Art School's International Limited Residency MFA in Photography program is proud to present "Points of Departure" an exhibition of student work.
Tony Matelli
Falkenrot Preis 2011
In keeping with Matelli's ongoing themes of desolation, panic, ambivalence, despair and occasionally hope, his anti-monuments coalesce to present a central theme: the indeterminable.
Time marches on, deteriorating some things, giving new life to others, or leaving some in perpetual limbo. Whether referencing 17th century Vanitas painting or a graffitied surface, Matelli refers to a range of visual stimuli without prizing one over the next. He forces a reckoning with the everyday, mundane object through his fastidiously rendered, hyperrealist artworks revealing something potentially profound.
Thriving on dualities, extreme opposites, and exhaustive tension Matelli's work revels in conceptual contradictions. Yet through this complexity he maintains communicative clarity, giving the viewer a direct and honest response.
Tony Matelli, born in 1971 in Chicago, lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His upcoming solo exhibition at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien will be held in conjunction with the Falkenrot Prize 2011 which had been awarded to Tony Matelli earlier this year.
More: http://www.tonymatelli.com
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Points of Departure
The "Hartford Art School's International Limited Residency MFA in Photography program" is proud to present this inaugural exhibition of student work in conjunction with Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin.
"Points of Departure" is divided into two parts, a temporary installation of ongoing personal projects (on view from April 29 until May 7, 2011), and a permanent installation (on view from May 12, 2011- opening from 7 p.m.).
The permanent installation presents work the students created in response to a short story. They were given two short stories to choose from, "Airplane" by Haruki Murakami, and "A Country Road Song" by Andre Dubus. Their task was to create a body of work, with the story acting as a catalyst to trigger their imagination. The resulting exhibition showcases their responses.
"Points of Departure" contains works by 18 photographers currently enrolled in Hartford Art School's new International Limited Residency Master of Fine Art in Photography program at the University of Hartford, they are: Andrew Bruah, Jennifer Boomer, Georg Parthen, Dennis Preparato, J. Carrier, Tim Carpenter, Nelson Chan, Tricia Hoffman, Charlie Simokaitis, Susan Hayre Thelwell, Carl Wooley, Jennifer Trail, Leo Goddard, Robert Seto, Doug Lowell, JB Fitts, Bryan Schutmatt and Dorothee Deiss. More info: http://www.hartfordphotomfa.org
Photo: Courtesy Tony Matelli
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