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20/7/2005

Geert Goiris

Zach Feuer Gallery, New York

Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL) is pleased to present a solo exhibition of photographs by Belgian artist Geert Goiris. The exhibition will run between July 21 and August 23, 2005.

Goiris' photographs depict architectural structures, melancholic rooms and ethereal landscapes. All of the images are straight photographs and reflect Goiris' focused ability to locate singular moments. An unusual element is often present, obstructing the expected and invoking curiosity. In "Toijska", an everyday sink is filled with water, only the water is frozen and a tiny ice sculpture has been created from this basic element. In "Albino", a white wallabee sits quietly in lush green grass, while the darkness in the picture's background seems to creep in slowly from behind.

Mysterious circumstances also play a role in other works. In "Wittgenstein's View", an empty room bathes in a blinding light. The abandoned table and chairs evoke a sense of wonder and loss. The specific place becomes metaphorical, the scene transforms from the 'real to the ideal'.
The combination of alienated landscapes, undistinguished interiors and portraits made using very long exposures as in "9 minutes silence, Brussels", results in a vague but tense and treathening atmosphere.

These images alternate between fact and fiction. Ambiguity is always present. In "Standing On Ice", a solitary human stands straight on a frozen lake, enveloped by the vast white snow in the foreground. Why he is there remains a mystery. In Goiris' images of buildings like "Palanga" and "Ministry of Transportation", the spectacular architecture turns into a signal. These photos act as exclamation marks, highlighting the dense and saturated experience of finding these 'monuments'.

Goiris' use of light also adds to the ethereality of his images. By using long exposure times and carefully constructing each photograph, the subjected landscapes and figures become transcendent and luminous. In "Curonian", soft netting captures the cascades of light, limpid and mesmerizing. In "Blast #3", a fiery ball of light begins to overtake its surroundings.

Goiris graduated in 1993 from The Academy of Art, Brussels and the Film and Television Academy (FAMU), Prague, Czech Republic in 1995. He received a postgraduate at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts (HISK) in Antwerp, Belgium in 2000. Past solo exhibitions include Galerie Art: Concept in Paris and the Museum for Photography in Antwerp. He has been included in group exhibitions at Manifesta 5, San Sebastian, and the Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul. This is his first exhibition in New York and his first with Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL).

Image:
GEERT GOIRIS
Blast # 3
2001
tirage lambda
100 x 120 cm
edition of 5 + 1 a.p.

Opening reception: July 21, 2005 from 6-8pm

Zach Feuer Gallery
530 West 24th Street
New York

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