NYAB Event - Doug Aitken Exhibition

Doug Aitken Exhibition

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At 303 Gallery
Media: Photography, Installation

In concurrent exhibitions at 303 Gallery's 22nd street and 21st street spaces, Doug Aitken utilizes multiple media to create psychological environments that are at once unique, familiar and alien.
Continuing to investigate the constructed landscapes that prevail in our everyday world, Aitken re-imagines our streets and urban landscapes as an almost psychedelic experience in a series of 30 abstract watercolors. Upon entering a glowing white circular room in the 22nd street space, the viewer is surrounded by the paintings, which suggest futuristic cityscapes collapsing onto themselves. Contrasting the calmness of pure geometric space with the sensory qualities of the city, each composition is imagined through multiple overlapping perspectives. In the back gallery, Aitken creates a series of large illuminated signs filled with panoramic photographs that are enigmatic explorations of the modern landscape using a combination of text and image. "Vulnerable" plays on paranoia with its photograph of a nearly abandoned airport, while "Star" uses a nocturnal image of a city to re-conceive a new kind of solar system.