Young Saskatchewan-based artist Zachari Logan asserts a new place in the natural world for the male body in works like ‘Leshy,’ a human figure created from flora and fauna, beautifully rendered in pastels on black paper. (At Julie Saul Gallery in Chelsea through Aug 12th).
On the subway platform one day, Dutch photographer Reinier Gerritsen noticed a serendipitous arrangement in red in the bag, sweater and lips of three women reading on the 6 train. From this initial flash of inspiration, Gerritsen began his a series of photo collages, bringing together book readers in single compositions that memorialize the printed tome. (On view at Chelsea’s Julie Saul Gallery through Feb 7th).
Reinier Gerritsen, One Hundred Years of Solitude, pigment print, 40 ½ x 70 ¾ , 2013.
As many as 100 photographs might be layered into one of Israel/New York-based artist Shai Kremer’s images of One World Trade Center’s construction site, to which he had special access from 2011 – 2013. This photo turns construction into a pleasing geometry that balances ladders and girders while just hinting at the incredible amount of activity – on and behind the scenes – that went into rebuilding this site. (At Julie Saul Gallery through October 25th).
Shai Kremer, World Trade Center: Concrete Abstract #13, pigment print, 48 x 64 inches, 2011-2013.
New York photographer Arne Svenson intended to capture the ‘quiet…most human moments,’ when he used a telephoto lens to photograph his downtown Manhattan neighbors through their apartment windows. He also succeeded in creating a loud storm of protest when they learned about the project, works from which are currently on view at Chelsea’s Julie Saul Gallery. Did he overstep the bounds of privacy? What do you think? (Through June 29th).
Arne Svenson, Neighbors #4, pigment print, 2012.
Charlotte Dumas’s photographs of the horses who participate in soldier burials at Arlington National Cemetery are shot ‘at home,’ in their stables after hours. Out of their work context, they’re portrayed as individuals, and the effect is striking. Originally commissioned by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, they’re now on view at Chelsea’s Julie Saul Gallery through March 9th.
