The artwork features a striking black and white image depicting a scene from what appears to be a mid-20th century film or television show. The composition is dominated by a geometric, abstract pattern in the background, lending a surreal, psychedelic quality to the scene. The central figures, three individuals engaged in what seems to be an intimate conversation, are rendered in a style that evokes the cinematic aesthetics of the era. The artist's focus on form, texture, and the interplay of light and shadow suggests a keen eye for the visual language of the medium. The overall effect creates a sense of nostalgia and a glimpse into a bygone era of popular culture. ...
John Stezaker was born in Worchester, in 1949. He lives and works in London.
A cult figure in post-war British art, through a range of techniques made up of sparse and rigorous actions, Stezaker re-examines the role of the photographic image in contemporary culture, challenging its unreliability as a document of reality or a stronghold of memory, investigating the drift of its meanings. In his studio in London, the archive of images collected and catalogued obsessively by the artist are implemented as genuine readymades, transformed through juxtaposition, re-framing, and other editing tools to form small to medium-sized collages, seductive yet on the verge of the disconcerting. ...
francesca kaufmann gallery opened in January 2000. Since then, the gallery has aimed to explore a diverse range of media, with a focus on video, site specific installation, and a special attention towards the works of female artists. After ten years in its historical location, the gallery opened in a new space in October 2010, under the name kaufmann repetto, to mark the partnership between Francesca Kaufmann and Chiara Repetto. In its new location, the gallery has been able to further develop its exhibition programming through a project space dedicated predominantly to younger artists, as well as a courtyard for large scale outdoor installations, which run parallel to the gallery’s main exhibition schedule. In 2013, the gallery inaugurated a new location in Chelsea, New York, with a parallel program to the gallery’s main space in Milan. In 2019 the New York location moved to Tribeca, expanding to a 3,000 sq ft exhibition space. The inaugural exhibition at the gallery’s new space in Tribeca was a solo show by Lily van der Stokker. ...
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