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Pieter Hugo
Permanent Error
September 8–October 29, 2011
Thursday, September 8, 6:00–8:00 pm
Yossi Milo Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of color photographs by Pieter Hugo, entitled Permanent Error.
The exhibition will open on Thursday, September 8, and close on
Saturday, October 29, with an opening reception for the artist and book
signing on Thursday, September 8, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. This is the
artist’s third solo exhibition at the gallery.
Pieter Hugo’s new series, Permanent Error,
depicts Agbogbloshie, a massive dump site for technological waste on the
outskirts of Ghana’s capital city, and the locals who burn down the
components to extract bits of copper, brass, aluminum and zinc for
resale. Tons of outdated and broken computers, computer games, mobile
phones and other e-waste are shipped to the area as “donations” from the
West, under the guise of providing technology to developing countries.
Rather than helping to bridge the digital divide, the equipment is
transformed into noxious trash threatening the health of the area’s
inhabitants and contaminating the water and soil.
Gray plumes of smoke rise from smoldering piles of
disassembled monitors, motherboards and wiring, providing an apocalyptic
backdrop for Hugo’s portraits of the workers. The subjects, many of
whom are young men sent by their families from impoverished outlying
villages, are photographed full-figure and directly engaged with Hugo’s
medium-format camera. With each portrait, Hugo draws the viewer into the
conditions imposed on this slum community and their effects on
individuals. Collectively, the photographs expose consequences of the
West’s consumption of ever-new technology and its disposal of outmoded
products in poor countries ill-equipped to recycle them.
Pieter Hugo’s work was recently on view at the Victoria &
Albert Museum in London; the Institute of Modern Art in Brisbane,
Australia; and the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki,
Finland. A mid-career retrospective exhibition curated by Wim van
Sinderen will open in February 2012 at The Hague Museum of Photography,
The Netherlands, and will travel through 2014. Mr. Hugo received the
2008 Discovery Award at the Rencontres d'Arles Festival and the 2008 KLM
Paul Hauf Award. His work is held in the permanent collections of the
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne; Huis
Marseille, Amsterdam; and the Victoria & Albert Museum, London,
among others. The artist’s previous books, The Hyena & Other Men (2007) and Nollywood (2009) were published by Prestel, which released Permanent Error in March 2011. Pieter Hugo was born in South Africa in 1976 and currently lives and works near Cape Town.
The second annual Chelsea Art Walk will take place in New York City at over 125 galleries and art institutions on Thursday, July 28, 2011 from 5 to 8 p.m.
In addition to extended hours at all of the locations, there will be special events such as talks by artists, curators, and gallery owners, live performances, book sales, book signings and receptions. Check it out at http://artwalkchelsea.com/
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Have a nice day!
On Wednesday July 20, 2011 from 7-9 pm there will be an exhibition opening of some of my photos and designs at Miwa Alex, a venue on 22nd Street between Park Avenue South and Broadway in NYC.
In the show I have incorporated some of my studio photos and designs as well as some imagery from The Museum of Messages . While walking through the gallery and looking at the art on the walls you can also enjoy some delicious rosé or sauvignon blanc from Parlay.I look forward to seeing you at the opening.
I am happy to tell you about Harvey Stein's photo exhibition hosted by Alan Klotz Gallery that will occur in Chelsea, NYC July 7-August 19, 2011. The opening is on July 7th from 6- 8 pm.
If you don't already know Harvey Stein I'd like to introduce you to his work. Mr. Stein is one of the nicest and most talented portrait photographers in NYC. I took a book publishing class with him at the International Center of Photography in 2007 and learned a great deal about promoting my photography via a publication. I have created some mock up books for my photo project titled The Museum of Messages, but I have yet to publish anything
I plan on going to Mr. Stein's photo opening tomorrow night. I hope to see you there.
Have a nice day!
HASTED KRAEUTLER is pleased to announce DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB, photographs by gallery owners. The exhibition is a lighthearted indulgence in the fantasy of "what might have been" for these lovers of photography had they not decided to pursue their day jobs. DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB is equally a celebration of the gallery owners' careers and contributions to contemporary art and photography, highlighting the origins in creating photography and art that led them to own galleries in the first place. While no one story is true of all the participants in this exhibition, many of them have practiced photography before and during their current careers as gallerists, while others moved from creating to representing photography, commercially, many years ago (and hardly ever looked back). In all cases, however, HASTED KRAEUTLER is honored to host the work of its colleagues in the business.
The artists are DEBORAH BELL, KIM BOURUS, BRIAN CLAMP, DAVID FAHEY, ZACH FEUER, MICHAEL FOLEY, JEFFREY FRAENKEL, JESSICA FREDERICKS, SARAH HASTED, STEVEN KASHER, ALAN KLOTZ, JOSEPH KRAEUTLER, PETER MACGILL, LAURENCE MILLER, ROBERT MANN, JANET RUSSEK, JACK SHAINMAN, ROSE SHOSHANA, RICK WESTER and SASHA WOLF.
While some of the photographs are on loan for exhibition only, most are for sale. The proceeds will be donated to Lotus House Women's Shelter, a quiet enclave in the heart of one of Miami's poorest neighborhoods.
For more information, please contact HASTED KRAEUTLER at 212-627-0006 or info@hastedkraeutler.com.
The exhibition will be on view from July 7 to August 19, 2011. Please join us for a reception for the artists on Thursday, July 7, 5 - 8 p.m.
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