Isabelle Hayeur "Nuits américaines"
511 Gallery
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511 PROJECTS presents "Nuits américaines", a curated exhibition of photographs by Canadian artist Isabelle Hayeur. This series of large-scale digital photomontages is part of an evolving body of work she began in 2004, and will be on view at the New York Photo Festival from May 14th to May 18th, 2008.
The photographs are varied in their composition, ranging from endless panoramas to sweeping architectural vistas and intimate indoor scenes. Her images are sourced from her visits to urban landscapes throughout the Americas-a juxtaposition of images that seamlessly merge the varying social, economic, cultural, and geographic landscapes of places such as Canada, Mexico, Argentina, and the United States. These images present a constructed reality to the viewer that contextualizes our progression towards globalization, a process that is continuously reshaping our inhabited environments. The viewer is confronted with the eradication of nature and rural areas due to urban sprawl; we see growing economic disparities and social divisions in our culture; contemporary forms of segregation, such as the creation of free trade zones or gated communities; and the outsourcing of jobs overseas.
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Schedule
from May 14, 2008 to May 18, 2008