Sam Penn's photograph "Meat Rack" utilizes a muted color palette, featuring twisting, bare branches that create an intricate web against the darkness. The composition highlights the organic chaos of nature, with branches and foliage weaving together to form an almost abstract pattern. The style is rooted in realism, capturing the raw, unfiltered essence of the natural environment through photography. The work reflects on themes of wilderness and isolation, possibly critiquing the tension between natural beauty and human impact in its historical context. ...
New York Life Gallery centers collaborative curations with artists across all mediums. The gallery exhibits emerging and mid-career artists as well as unknown archives and 20th-century artworks. As an artist-run space, the gallery focuses on programming that is community-oriented.