Amir Zaki "Relics"
Perry Rubenstein Gallery (527 West 23rd Street)
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Perry Rubenstein Gallery presents Amir Zaki, Relics, a new body of photographic "portraits" of elevated lifeguard towers taken along different beaches in Southern California. The exhibition represents a continuation in the artist's ongoing interest in architectural structures, but marks a distinct shift in terms of location—from urban Los Angeles to the beaches south of the city.
With the new series, the artist's intention is to create photographs that transform seemingly banal lifeguard towers that dot the Pacific beaches of Orange County into something other. They appear as awkward monumental public sculptures or stylized and non-functioning relics. The images of the lifeguard towers function less as a typology, but rather anthropomorphized as a group of portraits, not only because they resemble heads resting on necks, but also because the individual character of each tower is emphasized in a very specific way. Each of the images of the lifeguard towers are photographed against a sky, shot from below, and never include any trace of sand or ocean. Because they are isolated from any reference to locale, they sometimes appear to be other than what they actually are.
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Schedule
from May 06, 2010 to June 15, 2010