Exhibitions

THE FEELING OF PRESENCE, MAYBE

By Jorge Alberto Perez Okay. So we all know by now that images cannot be trusted. Since Plato, the image (mimesis), indeed representation itself, has been associated with deception. It is certainly true that images today cannot be trusted to be accurate versions of what is real or represented - 'likeness' opting for the approximation

Matthew Leifheit

photo by Matthew Leifheit for CCNY A mercurial poet of visual splendors, Pierre Le Hors challenges the ways in which pictures exist. Photographing transient beauty and anchoring it concretely in this world though the creation of carefully considered objects, Le Hors explores space. “Photography lets me pay attention to the outward appearance of objects, to

Matthew Leifheit

photo by Matthew Leifheit for CCNY conversation with Pacifico Silano Recuperating and reconfiguring icons sliced from pornographic gay magazines of another generation, Pacifico Silano emphasizes the negative space they left behind.  He is included in the upcoming second edition of Jen Bekman’s “Hey Hotshot” exhibition, on view April 6th, 2013 through April 21st, 2013.  

Matthew Leifheit

New works by Rachel Stern, exclusively on CCNY All photographs type-c prints from 8x10 negatives

Matthew Leifheit

Dillon DeWaters Conversation with Kate Greenberg, curator of the exhibition "Beyond the Barrier" on view at CCNY through April 6th, 2013 "Beyond the Barrier" is a very concise exploration of connections between photography and science fiction. The works in the exhibition pit colored light against shadow, certainty against uncertainty, challenging the photograph's standard assertion of

Matthew Leifheit

Blue Boobs, c print colorgram, 2012 A Conversation with Pia Howell   Using traditionally photographic materials to create vividly colored abstractions in the darkroom, Pia Howell sidesteps the need to photograph something real. In doing so she perhaps makes photographs that are more direct, translating her good-humored presence onto type-c paper in a fanciful yet cannily culturally

Matthew Leifheit

photo by Matthew Leifheit for CCNY   Deanna Havas 1989 New York, NY I officially consider Deanna Havas to be my muse. She has a certain “I don’t give a fuck” that combined with very real knowledge and a staggeringly evolved and cohesive personal aesthetic frequently leads to good art.  She is constantly at work,

Matthew Leifheit

photo by Matthew Leifheit for CCNY Signe Pierce is the star of her own reality. Collected here are recent works in photography, video, music and .gif format. http://vimeo.com/62676348 in collaboration with Alli Coates, 2013 in collaboration with Alli Coates, 2012   -MATTE Magazine for CCNY

Matthew Leifheit

 photos by Matthew Leifheit for CCNY Raphael Cohen (1989 New York, NY) Studio Visit I’m in a dusty white Brooklyn basement and I hear the DVD menu of “The OC” repeating quietly from one of two identical white MacBooks. Innumerable handmade powdery pale frames lean against the wall, all pristinely handcrafted to be supernaturally empty.