'Location, Location, Location' at Gallery 10 G, NYC

Thursday, 08 June 2006 12:37

New York City - Location, Location, Location is a group show comprised of photographs by four emerging artists.  The works in this show feature architectural photography in its most basic form, although varying themes resonate in each piece.  All over the world there are unique landmarks and architectural structures that are equated with a specific locale.  In these photographs the buildings and architecture are remarkable in their stature and beauty, yet their specific locations are not as apparent or evident.

Kevin Cooley’s photographs explore the relationship between rivers, people and cities.  He is interested in relation to their different infrastructures, transportation and recreation, as well as the potential for danger and destruction in any one place.  Cooley has traveled all over the world from Paris, where the Nanterre photograph was taken to Montreal, Canada, New Orleans, LA, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and now he is focusing on the Hudson and East Rivers in New York City.  Cooley utilizes the bright street lights and the sky at dusk to create magical, cinematic-esque atmospheres in these familiar locations.

Ofer Wolberger’s recent photographic work has focused on the exploration of contemporary life as viewed through various landscapes created around the world.  With these photographs he continues to explore the cinematic quality of everyday life.  He seeks out opportunities to create loose narratives out of every day events.  Through this exploration he portrays man's complex relationship, both positive and negative, to the natural world, the built environment and the things society leaves behind.

Chloe Cerwinka’s photographs were taken in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, formerly a naval shipbuilding facility and currently an industrial park.  Cerwinka attempts to record details or moments that may otherwise go unnoticed. Her works contain a narrative, a memory or a feeling about something that existed before.  Her subject matter, which focuses on the Navy yard, encompasses 300 acres with over 40 buildings in various states of use, dormancy and disrepair.  Some buildings are unused, but appear as if someone has just left, others are used every day, while some are slowly disintegrating.