Tonight-Fathom And Fray- Caleb Charland @ Michael Mazzeo Gallery

Attempting to paddle Straight at the Moon, 2010
Caleb Charland
Courtesy of Michael Mazzeo Gallery

Michael Mazzeo Gallery is pleased to present Fathom and Fray, an exhibition of recent works by the American photographer, Caleb Charland. This is the artist's first solo show at the gallery, having previously participated in two group exhibitions. The 17 prints of various sizes include both camera and cameraless images. The exhibition is on view from May 5 through June 11 with a reception for the artist on Thursday, May 5, from 6-8PM. Fathom and Fray is the culmination of Caleb Charland's photographic inquiries into space, time, and energy. In the tradition of Eadweard Muybridge and Harold "Doc" Edgerton, he combines science and art in unconventional experiments designed to further his understanding of the world. Unlike his forebears however, Charland's photographs rarely provide us with proof, but rather pose questions and offer possibilities. Finding resonance in matter as diverse as a cardboard box, bacteria, and smoke,  Charland manipulates and transforms these mundane elements by means of repeated actions, interventions, and performance. The resulting images give us a glimpse of his irrepressible curiosity while providing us with confounding and often revelatory visions alluding to the cosmos and the metaphysical. As Charland states, "Even within the well tested laws of science there are, and must always be, pathways to reinterpretation and discovery. My hope is that these pictures rest in the gap between knowledge and uncertainty." Gallery Info New Address: Michael Mazzeo Gallery 508 W. 26 St., Suite 318 New York, NY 10001 www.michaelmazzeo.com  +1.212.741.6599 Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11AM to 6PM Also by appointment

Michael Mazzeo Gallery is pleased to present Fathom and Fray, an exhibition of recent works by the American photographer, Caleb Charland. This is the artist's first solo show at the gallery, having previously participated in two group exhibitions. The 17 prints of various sizes include both camera and cameraless images. The exhibition is on view from May 5 through June 11 with a reception for the artist on Thursday, May 5, from 6-8PM.

Fathom and Fray is the culmination of Caleb Charland's photographic inquiries into space, time, and energy. In the tradition of Eadweard Muybridge and Harold "Doc" Edgerton, he combines science and art in unconventional experiments designed to further his understanding of the world. Unlike his forebears however, Charland's photographs rarely provide us with proof, but rather pose questions and offer possibilities.

Finding resonance in matter as diverse as a cardboard box, bacteria, and smoke,  Charland manipulates and transforms these mundane elements by means of repeated actions, interventions, and performance. The resulting images give us a glimpse of his irrepressible curiosity while providing us with confounding and often revelatory visions alluding to the cosmos and the metaphysical.

As Charland states, "Even within the well tested laws of science there are, and must always be, pathways to reinterpretation and discovery. My hope is that these pictures rest in the gap between knowledge and uncertainty."

Gallery Info

New Address: Michael Mazzeo Gallery 508 W. 26 St., Suite 318 New York, NY 10001 www.michaelmazzeo.com  +1.212.741.6599 Gallery Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11AM to 6PM Also by appointment

Gallery Info

New Address:

Michael Mazzeo Gallery

508 W. 26 St., Suite 318

New York, NY 10001

www.michaelmazzeo.com 

+1.212.741.6599

Gallery Hours:

Tuesday through Saturday

11AM to 6PM

Also by appointment

Tonight!-Will Steacy 48 HOURS @ Michael Mazzeo Gallery

WILL STEACY, 48 HOURS

Opening Reception, Thursday, April 28, 6-8PM Artist Talk, Saturday, April 30, 3PM

Will Steacy

Left -''Allen''Madison Firefighter IAFF Local, Madison 2011 Right- Mina's Furniture , Gary 2011

See you tonight! Don't miss it!

Michael Mazzeo Gallery is pleased to announce a special presentation of recent photographs by the American photographer, journalist, and social documentarian, Will Steacy. The 50, 8x10 inch color prints will be on view for 48 hours only from April 28 to April 30 and will be accompanied by an installation of artifacts and ephemera relating to the project. There will be an opening reception on Thursday, April 28, from 6-8 PM and a gallery talk by the artist on Saturday, April 30 at 3 PM.

Deeply moved by headlines decrying the perils facing the nation, Steacy, a former union laborer, packed his view camera and drove to Madison, Wisconsin to witness the heated confrontation between union workers and Governor Scott Walker. He spent 24 hours that night and the following day photographing events as they unfolded inside and around the capitol building, as the Governor prepared to sign the notorious bill restricting collective bargaining rights for union workers.

Shortly afterward, Steacy drove to Gary, Indiana, home to the first US Steel plant, and a city whose rise and fall has become a symbol of the plight of the American workforce. He photographed up and down Broadway, Gary's main artery, documenting city institutions and local businesses, revealing the grim challenges that now face this once-vibrant city.

Photographed in 48 hours, Steacy's understated, quietly seductive images reveal an undercurrent of catastrophic anxiety enveloping the American psyche while pointedly exposing the harsh realities of a nation torn apart by misguided government policies and corporate greed. An outspoken critic of inequality and injustice, Will Steacy's images, insightful, confrontational, and elegant, offer hope and renewal to a nation divided.
Gallery Info

New Address!
Michael Mazzeo Gallery
508 W. 26 St., Suite 318
New York, NY 10001
www.michaelmazzeo.com
+1.212.741.6599

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday
11AM to 6PM
Also by appointment

Another Great Photograph for my Art Photography Collection- Michael Mazzeo

Goddess II
Michael Paris Mazzeo

Another great one for my Art Photography Collection. ''Goddess II'' by Michael Paris Mazzeo who, besides his great gallery has amazing fine art photography works of his own! Thank you Michael! Love it!


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Life -Support JAPAN #4 is up! Get yours now!

• Michael Mazzeo
• Goddess II
• 2009

• image: 8 x 11
• unmatted
• edition of 10
• 1-10: $50
• available: 5
• $50
• Purchase Print

Well the Jock Sturges and Julie Blackmon are already sold out but, this Michael Mazzeo is gorgeous...hurry up!
$50.00 editions of 10!
http://wall-spacegallery.com/displayShow.php?showID=126&collection=3

Tonight- Hrvoje Slovenc- Home Theater @ MIchael Mazzeo Gallery 3/10/11

Hrvoje Slovenc

Untitled XIV
(Still Life with Wallpaper,
Mirror, and Stick)
2010

Pigmented Ink Print
30 x 38 in.
Edition of 3 +2AP

Hrvoje Slovenc

Untitled I (October Bliss)
2009

Pigmented Ink Prints
Triptych
30 x 108 in.
Edition of 3 +2AP

I was fortunate enough to see this body of work from Hrvoje Slovenc during portfolio reviews and immediately love it. Here he is in very first solo exhibition @ Michael Mazzeo gallery. A perfect match!

Congratulations Hrvoje!


Go and see this show!

Michael Mazzeo Gallery is pleased to present Home Theater, a solo exhibition of large-scale, multiple-panel, color photographs by the New York based, Croatian photographer, Hrvoje Slovenc. The work will be on view from March 3 through April 23, with a reception for the artist on Thursday, March 10, from 6 – 8 PM. This is the first solo exhibition for Mr. Slovenc since receiving his MFA degree from the Yale University School of Art in 2010.

Hrvoje Slovenc

Untitled I (October Bliss)
2009

Pigmented Ink Prints
Triptych
30 x 108 in.
Edition of 3 +2AP 

Home Theater is an exploration of domestic spaces in which specific areas have been designed, decorated, and outfitted for sadomasochistic sexual activities. The images grew out of the artist’s personal experiences in which he solicited people on internet sex sites, ultimately gaining their confidence and being invited into their homes. Slovenc’s interest lies not only in the physical convergence of living and performance/recreational spaces, but in the questionable dichotomy of roles assumed by the participants as they move from one arena to the other. He states, “I am intrigued by the ‘scenes’ that people construct in their homes with all their semiotic referents not just to their individual pleasures but, more importantly, to the ones that are socially prescribed. After the sadomasochistic act is over and the ‘performers’ step into the domestic space, the question remains: Do we cease acting or do we merely exchange scripts?”

Using a large-format view camera and supplemental lighting, the unexpected interiors of these mostly New York City residences were photographed in sections over multiple visits by the artist. Later reconstructed as diptychs and triptychs, the carefully considered compositions delineate domestic areas from recreational areas while maintaining the appearance of spatial continuity. Curious juxtapositions of everyday objects and S&M accoutrements, along with eccentric décor and affective lighting lend the images an appearance of artificiality, suggestive of stage or film sets.

Hrvoje Slovenc holds an MS in Biochemistry from the University of Zagreb and MFA in Photography from Yale University School of Art. He currently lives and works in New York City. His photographs have been exhibited in dozens of shows nationally and internationally including the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, the Museum of New Art in Detroit, 2010 Art Chicago, and the 2009 Pingyao International Photography Festival. Hrvoje’s photographs are included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago. He is a recipient of the London Photography Award, the International Photography Award, the Golden Light Award, the Photography Now Award, the Mortimer Hays-Brandeis Traveling Fellowship, the BRIO grant, and the Alice Kimball English Traveling Fellowship. Hrvoje is currently part of AIM residency program at the Bronx Museum of Art and is preparing an installation for The Bronx Museum of the Arts Biennial 2011.

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Will Steacy Solo Show- Down These Mean Streets @ Michael Mazzeo Gallery 6/10/10

Will Steacy- Sammy, Atlantic City

I am not missing this opening!
For a long while, I had been a great fan and supporter of Will Steacy's work. Also knowing, how hard and dangerous this body of work was created. Now, I recommend you to go and see it. Please read below all the info regarding the show and there is a little good surprise!

A newspaper limited edition with a WS limited edition print signed of the series will be sold @ the opening for only $50.00 .
So, show up @ the opening and deliver the news!
See you Thursday!

The exhibition is accompanied by a 16 page tabloid newspaper with 8 color and 8 b&w pages full of photographs, journal entries, notes and maps.

A Limited Edition of 50 newspapers will include an 8 x 10 inch print from the series, signed and numbered by the artist and available at the gallery for $50.00.

About the Project

Down These Mean Streets provides us with photographic evidence of America's abandonment of it's inner cities. Prompted by the pervasive fear gripping the country and our preoccupation with homeland security, America has diverted its attention and resources away from those most in need, divesting itself of the basic responsibilities of affordable housing, medical care and essential infrastructure.

Working only at night, Steacy walks alone from the airport to the central business district of each city he explores. With map in hand, he follows a loosely planned route through the barren streets and neighborhoods routinely avoided by all but local inhabitants, while stopping to document his observations and chance encounters on film. Illuminated by the saturated, artificial colors of the urban night and marked by long, patient exposures with his large-format view camera, Steacy's images seductively draw us into a country of foreclosed homes and vacant lots, broken economies and neglected people. With a combination of carefully composed urban views, subtly precise detail images, and insightful portraits, he allows us the time and space to enter this world and question our role in it.
This project marks a continuation of Steacy's extended paean to the American working class. He has received numerous awards and praise for his work including the prestious Tierney Fellowship and The Aperture Foundation New York City Green Cart Photography Commission. Steacy was named as a 25 Under 25: Up-and-Coming American Photographers by powerHouse Books and The Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. His photographs have been featured in The New Yorker, Harper's, New York Magazine, Newsweek, The Paris Review and on HBO and CNN.

Gallery Info



MICHAEL MAZZEO GALLERY
526 W. 26 St. Suite 209
New York, NY 10001

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 12PM - 6PM

www.michaelmazzeo.com
info@michaelmazzeo.com
+1.212.741.6599
email: info@michaelmazzeo.com
phone: 212 741 6599
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Burning Desires @ Michael Mazzeo Gallery 3/17/10

Caleb Charland, Silhouette with Matches, Pigment Ink Print, 40x32 in., Edition of 3

Amanda Means, Light Bulb 018YGe, Polaroid, 31x22 in., Unique

This was by far one of the most civilized opening shows in Manhattan on 3/18/10.
It is a good one so, when you get a chance go and see it. The work of Caleb Charland and Amanda Means shown here are two of my favorites.

Michael Mazzeo Gallery is pleased to present Burning Desire, a group exhibition of
photographs, works on paper, glass sculpture and book works. Whether literally or metaphorically, this innovative and diverse group of artists address the nature of burning as
it relates to their personal and unique methodologies. The exhibition is on view from
March 18 through April 24 with a reception for the artists will be held at the gallery on
Thursday, March 18, from 6PM – 8PM

Marina Berio’s tunnels, roads and views from a car window are large scale charcoal
drawings of her photographic negatives. The carbon and ash medium echoes the darkened
silver particles of the photographic image in which tonalities are reversed. Darkness
becomes diaphanous and bright light is defined as a charred, voluminous void,
alluding to death and destruction, loss and doubt.

Doug Beube confronts issues of fear and propaganda with his elaborately constructed
book works. Vest of Knowledge consists of sixty-four altered books, sliced and formed
into cylindrical shapes, sealed with wax and connected in sequence by black and red
wires. Resembling pipe bombs, each tube is situated within the individual pockets of
one of four transparent vinyl vests, referencing the proverbial suicide vest. Rather than
death and destruction, the explosions of these devices would disperse knowledge and
understanding throughout the blast area.

Marco Breuer challenges the basic tenets of image-making and reproduction with his
innovative cameraless images. Created by subjecting photographic paper to a variety of destructive and abusive forces, his prints are indexical images of action and reaction. Untitled (Heat Gun), is a unique silver gelatin print in undulating tones of grays and copper.

Davide Cantoni uses newspaper photographs as source material, recreating scenes of war, natural disaster and other human tragedies, first by loosely sketching the image,then carefully redrawing with sunlight and magnifying glass. His elusive burn drawings are much like pictures in our memories- ephemeral, fragmented and crumbling, with entire areas of information often obliterated.

Eric William Carroll questions our persistent desire to photograph obvious, everyday occurrences, particularly the photographic cliché of the sunset. By physically altering and recontextualizing found and discarded snapshots, he attempts, not to describe or define the beauty of the sunset, but to challenge and re-imagine this ubiquitous genre.

Caleb Charland is driven by scientific curiosity and an endless sense of wonder. Working in the domestic arena with familiar materials, his performances involving temporal phenomena are compressed into a single photographic frame, effectively using time, gesture and fundamental forces to posit his experiences onto film. Silhouette with Matches documents the artist tossing hundreds of flaming matches into the air forming a parabolic cascade of fire and outlining the curiously transparent body of the artist.

Stan Gaz’s glass reliquaries are Memento Mori containing found images and family photographs reduced to ash. While hand-blown glass vessels are still in their molten state, he inserts photographs which immediately combust, lining the glass with a patina of photographic silver and leaving behind remnants of images and memories.

Chris McCaw documents the western landscape transformed by long exposures of the sun traversing the sky, scorching, and often burning its path completely through his silver gelatin paper. The intense light further alters the image, paradoxically turning day into night. While recalling cosmic anomaly and prophetic revelation, each work remains a vivid graphic record of the forces of nature.

Amanda Means presents unique large format Polaroid images of incandescent light bulbs, precisely at the end of the era of simple mechanical and electronic devices. Using an array of color filters, and enlarging the subject to monumental scale, she elevates this modest household item to the heroic status deserving of its significance. The light bulb, burning with a pulsating electrical current, evokes power,knowledge and ingenuity, but the images also offer nostalgia for the transparency and security associated with earlier times.

MICHAEL MAZZEO GALLERY

526 W.26 St. Suite 209

New York, NY 10001

+1.212.741.6599

www.michaelmazzeo.com

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''Arbor'' @ Michael Mazzeo Gallery

Leah Oates

Transitory Space
Newfoundland, Canada
Rene Mill 11
c-print
20" x 24" and 24" X 30"
2008
This is a very nicely on line curated group show. Please take a look. Michael Mazzeo put a lot of effort and time into it and it paid off.

Michael Mazzeo Gallery

RSVP: Arbor

September 1 - October 31

Arbor is the inaugural edition of the RSVP initiative, an interactive and inclusive program of curated photography exhibitions in which artists are asked to respond to a call for images initiated on the gallery blog. The project is now on view at www.michaelmazzeo.com, complete with links for catalog and print sales. For more information, please contact the gallery.

MICHAEL MAZZEO GALLERY

526 W.26 St. Suite 209

New York, NY 10001

+1.212.741.6599

www.michaelmazzeo.com

www.mazzeogallery.blogspot.com

Art Fair @ Michael Mazzeo Gallery tonight 3/4/09

Photo- by Will Steacy- The Forum,Philadelphia, 2008
C-Print 19 x 24 edition of 8, $1,200.00


















Photo-Polaroid by Juliana Beasley


I am very excited about going to this great group show tonight.Not only there is several artists I collect work from but, they are also my friends. Great photographs by Leah Oates, Cara Phillips, Juliana Beasley,Robin Schwartz and Will Steacy among many...it is a must see and a must collect work from. The prices are very, very affordable. Good show from Michael Mazzeo.
You can see some of this great group show here:
http://www.michaelmazzeo.com/


Michael Mazzeo Gallery / 526 W.26 Street / Suite 209 / NYC 10001
212.741.6599 / info@michaelmazzeo.com
photography / works on paper

See you tonight~!