Burned Fox-like in Spring

Em Rooney

Burned Fox-like in Spring, 2020Sign in to view price
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pewter, poplar, aluminum leaf, oil stick, museum glass, silver gelatin print, digital c-print from color filmFrançois Ghebaly
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork presents a striking contrast between two photographic pieces. The left frame features a bold red background with a silhouetted figure, creating a sense of mystery and introspection. The right frame showcases a vivid snapshot of a person in motion, captured against a stark, well-lit background. The use of shadows and the interplay of light and dark elements contribute to the cinematic quality of the images, inviting the viewer to ponder the narratives and emotions they evoke. The artist's deft handling of composition and photographic techniques reflects a mastery of the medium, hinting at the deeper conceptual underpinnings that shape this captivating contemporary art installation. ...

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Em Rooney
Artist
Em Rooney
B.1983

Em Rooney combines sculpture and photography in her practice, which orbits ideas of queerness, intimacy, anti-capitalism and communion. Seeing photographs as “too frail” to stand alone, Rooney works with pewter, plaster and resin amongst other texturally weighty materials to craft individual frames, or “containers” as she labels them for each work. As an antidote to the constant stream of images we encounter through advertising, social media and other streams of technology, Rooney’s work affords each photograph a sense of stillness and care not readily gifted to contemporary images. The ‘container’ for each work draws out the tonal intricacies of the original image. Languid, rippled pewter frames may heighten the vulnerability of a particular subject, or encasing the image in neon resin will amplify the vitality of another. Since 2020, Rooney has begun producing sculptures without photographic elements, expanding the material parameters of her practice. These large-scale sculptures are brought to life with a plethora of materials such as steel, velvet, linen, wax, rice paper and yarn. Rooney cites the work of Ree Morton, Elizabeth Murray and Lee Bontecou as key influences in developing this sumptuous and tactile quality in her sculptures, yet this entwinement with materiality has run as a constant throughout her practice. ...

François Ghebaly
Gallery
François Ghebaly
Los Angeles, New York City

Since 2009, François Ghebaly has presented an innovative, eclectic program of Los Angeles-based and international artists. With a history of identifying and championing diverse voices and emerging talent, the gallery’s roster has grown to include 27 artists and 2 artist estates, ranging from early career, such as Sharif Farrag and Ludovic Nkoth, to mid-career, like Christine Sun Kim, Meriem Bennani, Kelly Akashi, Farah Al Qasimi, and Genesis Belanger, to well established, including Sayre Gomez, Kathleen Ryan, Neïl Beloufa and Candice Lin as well as underground legends, like Patrick Jackson and Mike Kuchar. The gallery advances the reach of its artists’ visions by publishing exhibition catalogues and producing artist editions. Located since 2013 in a 12,000 square foot warehouse space in Downtown Los Angeles, the gallery is a mainstay of the burgeoning Arts District community, and recently expanded to New York's Lower East Side. François Ghebaly’s program demonstrates a commitment to challenging work across all media and to fostering the progressive, boundary-pushing practices of its artists. ...

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