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Transmutations
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abstraction in nature
now through JUNE 27
participating artists:
Caleb Charland, Christian Erroi,
Yong Hee Kim,
Sebastian Lemm, and Chris McCaw.
Michael Mazzeo Gallery
526 W.26 St. NYC 10001
www.michaelmazzeo.com
"Five artists use photography both to record natural phenomena and to embody them....
Sebastian Lemm’s black-and-white shots
of intricately interwoven tree branches stake
out a territory between abstraction
and representation. On the evidence of the work here,
that’s very fertile ground."
Vince Aletti, The New Yorker
"...The tight group show now on view at Michael Mazzeo is an exploration of a narrow
slice of abstraction in contemporary photography... While I found all of the works in
the exhibit intellectually thought provoking... the two standout sets of work to my
eyes came from Sebastian Lemm and Chris McCaw. In Lemm's series Strata, the
artist builds up dense black and white images composed of thinly layered tree branches,
taking Harry Callahan's multiple exposure tree pictures to their ultimate end point.
The works have a delicate, all-over line drawing effect."
www.dlkcollection.blogspot.com
"...The show is cohesive and the work is excellent. Of the five, however, Sebastian Lemm’s
Strata series stood out for me. His black and white images are beautifully intricate and
invite repeated viewings. I love the way the multiple exposures reinforce the natural patterns
of the work. I paid a visit to Sebastian’s website and also found the images from his
Schattenseite to be quite impressive, and hope to see more of his work soon."
www.daltonrooney.com/weblog/
"...'Transmutations' not only contains some stunning imagery (my
favourtes
being
Caleb Charland's work, and new images by Sebastian Lemm),
but it also holds together and is presented so well... If you're in town,
"Transmutations" is a clear must-see show."
Conscientious blog by Jörg Colberg
Art in America review!
I am very happy to announce the Art in America review (March '09 issue)
of my solo show at Michael Mazzeo Gallery in '08 (click here to read).
A lot of you have seen the show (view installation shots) and/or have attended
my artist talk at the Goethe Institute with Gregory Volk (watch the artist talk)
and this review
rounds up 'Editing Nature' nicely. This show was also reviewed
in print by The New Yorker,
Art World, NY Arts (interview) as well as by several
art blogs. Visit my press page for details.
Editing Nature––exhibition catalog
In conjunction with my solo shows in Chicago and New York,
a 44-page, full color exhibition catalog with an essay
by Michaël Amy as well as a conversation with Johannes Wieland
is available through the galleries.
“Sebastian Lemm
creates a new type of photography that is
no longer
weighed down by the themes that
are seemingly inherent to the medium.”
Michaël Amy, New York
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