The Emmanuel Fremin Gallery to Exhibit Surrealist Photographer Giuseppe Mastromatteo

Written by Oscar Sakibonis Monday, 12 March 2012 21:06

New York City.- The Emmanuel Fremin Gallery is pleased to announce its grand re-opening in its new, larger Chelsea space located at 547 West 27 Street, suite 508. The gallery's first vernissage will be held on January 5th 2012 from 6-8 pm, introducing a 5 week solo show for Italian born artist Giuseppe Mastromatteo for his "Indepensense" series (which will close on February 12th). Following a wide acclaim reception in 2011 at Art Hamptons, the AAF, Greenwich Art Fair and Red Dot Miami, this will be be the first solo show for Giuseppe in the United States. Giuseppe Mastromatteo was born in Italy in1970 . After a period spent as a recordist's assistant inside a record company, he graduated from Accademia di Comunicazione di Milano in art direction. He writes about the Arts, teaches Advertising at various significant academic institutions, and collaborates with the Triennale Museum of Milan in the role of art director. Since 2005 his works have been exhibited at the Fabbrica Eos Art Gallery, Milan as well as at national and international art fairs. He currently lives and works in Milan.

Mastromatteo’s portraits bring poetic Surrealism back to life. They could be collages, but take advantage of the subtlety of digital technology to reproduce humanity in impossible and illusory dimensions. Ripped faces, eyes and ears which run through hands, are the centre of an imaginary truth that draws inspiration from the visions of René Magritte and Man Ray to land inside a new visual synthesis with stylistic patterns representing the most contemporary photography of our time, in a continuous overlapping of visual languages that live in the world of advertising and genuine research. Backgrounds are white, the light homogeneous: nothing averts the detailed expressions in the characters of this silent and fascinating theatre of the absurd. Transfigured bodies, pierced and lacerated do not show any form of violence, but instead pose solemnly in front of the photographer’s lens, beyond any suffering. No expression exists in these faces, there is no tension, but rather a sense of timelessness that leaves us open to reflect about the uncertainty of this third millennium. The observer’s eye is immediately attracted by the extravagance of these creatures, which at the same time produces a true sense of discomfort and uneasiness. Mastromatteo intervenes in the interior sense of beauty. The models he chooses for his images bring to the stage classic canons of harmony and equilibrium creating a complex dialectict between fascination and repulsion. From here the evident sensation emerges of discovering oneself in front of a Pantheon where every possibility of self identification is precluded.


A universe unto itself is the object of aesthetic contemplation and intriguing reverence, magnified by the means with which this is all narrated because photography continues to maintain a link with an indissoluble reality of facts. The process of recognition inherent in portrait photography appears as something distant. Physiognomy comes to light only to recover the aesthetic detail of our time. Reality and fiction appear as outdated ideas with full attention focusing on memory. As a conclusion, in order to bring together feelings and fragments of this project, photography in itself seems not enough and becomes something more, transforming into a metaphor of itself, reaching the final objective of communicating through other forms and channels.

Emmanuel Fremin Gallery is located in Soho, New York, the genesis of the Art world. They are a contemporary gallery that mainly exhibits emerging artist's works through the media of photography, videos, installations and multi platforms. Their principal mission is to maintain the integrity of the artists intact while showcasing their artworks. They embrace the progressive conceptualization of the artists through serene, spiritual or provocative pieces, seeing their role as being the catalyst for them to develop their freedom of expression in a setting that is conducive for both the artist and the collector alike. This is accomplished by not only exposing their creations in the actual space but also by promoting them with countless galleries throughout Europe and participating in highly prominent art fairs that enable their artworks to be displayed through numerous forums; the commitment to nurturing an ongoing relationship between the artist, press and collector is always the integral part of our concept. Visit the gallery's website at ... www.emmanuelfremingallery.com

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