Team Gallery
83 Grand St
212.279.9219.
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Victor by Ryan McGinley; courtesy of Team Gallery.
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Opens Thursday Mar 18, 2010 (6–8pm)
Mar 18, 2010 – Apr 17, 2010
Tuesdays–Saturdays (10am–6pm)
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“Ryan McGinley needs little introduction: as a documentarian of youth — running the gamut between reckless living to unadulterated glee — his nude portraits have captivated a wide audience, from his own peer group of hip downtown darlings to experienced collectors, curators, and fashion editors. McGinley's new series, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, takes his youthful nudes off the street, out of the forest, and back into the studio. The collection comprises black-and-white silver gelatin prints shot in 2009 and 2010; a departure from his usual film work, the artist estimates he shot a whopping 1,500-2,000 photos to get each final portrait.”
Kelsey Keith, Flavorpill
Team Gallery says:
For his latest exhibition, Ryan McGinley has shifted his focus away from constructing a youthful sublime within the boundless American landscape and has concentrated instead on creating imagery within the confines of his New York studio. The result is a surprisingly restrained, open-ended study of black and white portraiture. Here we see McGinley not as a chronicler of youthful adventure, but as an engine for an almost scientific cataloguing of a kind of emotional optimism. McGinley’s portraits are the result of a meticulous studio practice, in which thousands of images are taken of each sitter; each shoot eventually being edited down to its one defining “moment”.
