Isidro Blasco
dal 6/1/2007 al 2/3/2007
Segnalato da
6/1/2007
Isidro Blasco
DCKT Contemporary (old location), New York
The Middle of the End
The Middle of the End
The Middle of the End, new photo-sculptures and installations by Spanish born, New York based artist Isidro Blasco. In this latest body of work, Blasco uses digital photography and common building materials to assemble three-dimensional constructions that reconstruct interior spaces and outdoor environments culled from the artist's personal New York cityscape.
Blasco combines architecture, photography and installation to explore themes of vision and perception in relation to physical experience. His work often references the realm of private or domestic space. Blasco normally begins by selecting one angle in a room or outdoors and then constructs a new space from the perspective of that vantage point. Though the distortions and emphases that Blasco orchestrates risk comparison with the actual streetscapes or rooms he's re-creating, the resulting effect is a fragmentation of a single line of sight that is reminiscent of Cubist collages. Blasco's three dimensional sculptures result in an elliptical succession of multiple angles, producing a space that is at once recognizable and entirely new.
Blasco's newest works expand his paradigm outward to urban spaces found upon exiting the interiors of his other works. For this exhibition, Blasco has created three dimensional photographic constructions of his Jackson Heights neighborhood in Queens, NY. He has constructed collages consisting of the facade of his apartment building, a local subway stop, his building's inner staircase and a variety of street scenes. Within these mundane scenes, Blasco adds explosions of apartment buildings, windows and cars, realizing his fears of the current political climate and reaction to the nightly news. Blasco will also present several smaller wall mounted works that explore these new outdoor spaces as well as the public interior spaces of his new apartment building.
DCKT Contemporary
552 West 24th Street - Chelsea
free admission