Helen Glazer "Temporary Presences"
Nailya Alexander Gallery
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The exhibition, the artist’s first solo show in New York City, will feature 13 archival prints that investigate the ephemeral phenomenon of cloud patterns.
Glazer’s work is influenced by ideas of chaos and complexity, theories that look at the diverse patterns in nature, such as the shape of coastlines, the growth of tree limbs or the movement of fluids. The intricacy of cloud formations arises from an infinitely detailed system in which each tiny element reflects the pattern of the whole. With study, these patterns are recognizable, yet never entirely predictable. Glazer intensifies her prints with pastel pencils to bring out these temporary presences, heightening and deepening the colors and tones. The resulting works -- printed up to 40 inches long -- reveal nuances that the camera captures, but the naked eye fails to see, and conventional image processing does not show. Though these works read mainly as abstractions, the representational force of photography is integral to the experience. That they are not inventions, but records of actual moments in time, is a reminder that stability is an illusion and that the reality we live in is being replaced moment by moment.
[Image: Helen Glazer "Angler Panorama 2" (2010) Archival pigment print, hand-colored with pastels, 24 x 40 in.]
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Schedule
from June 14, 2012 to July 20, 2012
Opening Reception on 2012-06-14 from 17:30 to 19:30