Galerie Gabriel Rolt in Amsterdam Exhibits 'Ryan McGinley: Somewhere Place'

Written by Hannah Califax Monday, 08 August 2011 21:06

Amsterdam.- Galerie Gabriel Rolt is delighted to present a new series of works by acclaimed American photographer Ryan McGinley. This will be his second solo exhibition in The Netherlands, following on from the 2007 exhibition at FOAM. 'Ryan McGinley: Somewhere Place' will be on show from April 9th to May 14th 2011, with an opening reception on Saturday 9 April from 17.00 – 19.30 hrs. Youth, liberation and the joy of losing yourself in the moment are elements that feature throughout Ryan McGinley’s work, from his early roots in documenting the urban adventures of his downtown Manhattan friends to his subsequent cross-country travels in utopian environments throughout America to his most recent studio portraits. McGinley’s elaborate and rigorous process of photo-making creates moments of breathtaking beauty: naked feral kids poised in ecstatic abandon. The lack of clothing and other contemporary signifiers along with the archetypical landscapes give the photos a sense of timelessness in which the viewer can project his or her own story.

Over the years McGinley’s work has evolved from documenting reality toward creating settings where the situations are choreographed. The process of carefully staging and directing ‘happenings’, often in beautiful rural landscapes, is increasingly more cinematic in tone, while retaining the spontaneity of his early work. This particular series is perhaps the most cinematic yet. The photos have developed a surreal, action-film quality, people ricocheting through unknown spaces, a couple starting up at an apocalyptic sky, figures falling from trees in wet darkness. They’re dramatic and moody, full of storms and rushing rivers and night skies

Ryan McGinley was Born in Ramsey, New Jersey in 1977 and currently lives and works in New York. McGinley studied graphic design at New York's Parsons School of Visual Arts and in 1999 he gave out a hand-made 50 page book of his photographs, entitled 'The Kids are Alright', to 100 magazine editors and artists he admired. That book immediately gained McGinley gallery representation and started the commissions coming in. Drawn from skateboard, music, graffiti, and gay cultures, the subjects of Ryan McGinley’s photographs interact with the camera with a self-conscious candour that is at once shocking, banal, alluring and repulsive. McGinley shoots 35mm film and takes his photographs using Yashica T4s and Leica R8s. McGinley has drawn much inspiration from the Terrence Malick film, 'Days of Heaven'. McGinley was one of the youngest artists to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and was named Photographer of the Year in 2003 by American Photo Magazine. In 2007 McGinley was awarded the Young Photographer Infinity Award by the International Center of Photography. In recent years, Ryan McGinley's photographs have been exhibited in galleries and museums. He has had solo shows at MoMA P.S.1 in New York (2004), in Spain at the MUSAC in Leon (2005), and is featured in public collections in the Guggenheim Museum, New York; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Visit Ryan mcGinley's website at ... http://ryanmcginley.com

Galerie Gabriel Rolt was established by Gabriel Rolt in September 2006 and is located in the Jordaan, the main gallery district in the city centre of Amsterdam. The main goal of Galerie Gabriel Rolt is to support the future of its artists. Since its foundation, the gallery has been showing a programme of international emerging and mid-career artists working across various media such as painting, works on paper, video, performance art, and photography. The gallery emphasizes a close cooperation with national and international museums, institutions, art collectors and galleries. Galerie Gabriel Rolt has participated in national and international art fairs such Art Rotterdam, Arco Madrid, Nada Miami, The Armory, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Art Brussels and Art Forum Berlin/Focus. The Galerie Gabriel Rolt-team consists of Gabriel Rolt (owner), Caroline Treur (gallery manager), Rhiannon Pickles (PR) & Ulla Välk (curatorial assistant). Visit the gallery's website at ... http://www.gabrielrolt.com/

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