Saturday, December 27, 2008
BOSTON GALLERY EXHIBITION - January 2 - February 3, 2009
John Coplans + Amanda Means
Distilled
January 2 - February 3, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, January 2, 6 - 8 pm
Howard Yezerski Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition John Coplans + Amanda Means: Distilled opening January 2, 2009. This exhibition of black and white photographs curated by Amanda Means is the first time Coplans and Means have had an exhibition of work together. Working in large format black and white photographs the two photographers capture everyday objects: the human body, fingers, water glasses, leaves and light bulbs and distill them down through attentive observation into a metaphor for something entirely different.
Means who grew up in upstate New York moved as young artist to New York City in the mid-1970's where she was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and in particular the bold simplifications of Franz Kline and Aaron Siskind. Means began making abstract photographs based on man made objects in her surrounding environment such as machinery, signs and
stone monuments. In her current work she has moved away from transforming the objects through abstraction to transforming them through scrutiny. By moving the camera in closely yet showing the entire object as she does in the water glasses Means manages to transform this everyday object in a new way.
Coplans had an illustrious career in the arts before becoming a photographer in the 1980's. He spent several years as a painter in London before moving to San Francisco in 1960 where he devoted his attention to curating and writing. He was one of the founding editors of ArtForum Magazine and spent time as the Senior Curator at the Pasadena Art Museum as well as the Director of the Akron Art Museum. In 1980 he moved to NYC and went back to making art. It took roughly four years for him to figure out that what he was looking for in terms of art making was literally under his nose. For the next 19 years he re-created himself as an artist through his self- portraits of various part of his aging body, never showing his face. His work is in the collections of many major museums both in this country and in Europe.
Howard Yezerski Gallery
460 Harrison Av
Boston MA
617-262-0550
http://www.howardyezerskigallery.com
Distilled
January 2 - February 3, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, January 2, 6 - 8 pm
Howard Yezerski Gallery is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition John Coplans + Amanda Means: Distilled opening January 2, 2009. This exhibition of black and white photographs curated by Amanda Means is the first time Coplans and Means have had an exhibition of work together. Working in large format black and white photographs the two photographers capture everyday objects: the human body, fingers, water glasses, leaves and light bulbs and distill them down through attentive observation into a metaphor for something entirely different.
Means who grew up in upstate New York moved as young artist to New York City in the mid-1970's where she was influenced by Abstract Expressionism and in particular the bold simplifications of Franz Kline and Aaron Siskind. Means began making abstract photographs based on man made objects in her surrounding environment such as machinery, signs and
stone monuments. In her current work she has moved away from transforming the objects through abstraction to transforming them through scrutiny. By moving the camera in closely yet showing the entire object as she does in the water glasses Means manages to transform this everyday object in a new way.
Coplans had an illustrious career in the arts before becoming a photographer in the 1980's. He spent several years as a painter in London before moving to San Francisco in 1960 where he devoted his attention to curating and writing. He was one of the founding editors of ArtForum Magazine and spent time as the Senior Curator at the Pasadena Art Museum as well as the Director of the Akron Art Museum. In 1980 he moved to NYC and went back to making art. It took roughly four years for him to figure out that what he was looking for in terms of art making was literally under his nose. For the next 19 years he re-created himself as an artist through his self- portraits of various part of his aging body, never showing his face. His work is in the collections of many major museums both in this country and in Europe.
Howard Yezerski Gallery
460 Harrison Av
Boston MA
617-262-0550
http://www.howardyezerskigallery.com
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