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Evidence

April 5, 2007- April 28, 2007

Reception: April 5, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Mona Kuhn

Charles Cowles Gallery

537 W 24th St

The Charles Cowles Gallery is pleased to announce our second exhibition of photographs by Mona Kuhn, in conjunction with the release of her new book, Evidence (Steidl, 2007). Internationally recognized for her alluring renderings of human form, Kuhn weaves together gestures from the traditional iconography of nude studies with the comfortable body language of her subjects, creating a visual patois at once classical and contemporary. Beneath the mellow surfaces of her photographs lies an explosive energy: the artist’s controlled play with sensuality. The subjects and their gestures are suggestive but ultimately ambiguous. Tenuously held planes of focus lure the eye and provoke the imagination. In her latest body of work, Kuhn raises the question of lost paradises and less than innocent youth, taking the viewer through a visual journey of shared illusions inevitably touched by tableaus of human interaction.

Although her models are in the nude, there is an underlying assertion of clothing; they are always protected by their own skin. “Kuhn’s matter of fact approach to the human body is not unlike that of Larry Sultan in his San Fernando Valley photographs although these results are more wholesome because of the absence of sexual overtones,” states curator Gordon Baldwin. “Muted sexual undercurrents are perhaps inevitable in gatherings of unclothed men and women of this age.” Baldwin has contributed an essay in the book.

Mona Kuhn was born in Sao Paolo, Brazil, in 1969, of German descent. She attended Ohio State University and the San Francisco Art Institute. Since 1998 she has been an independent studies scholar at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited internationally, as well as in the United States, showing at the M+B Gallery in Los Angeles and Jackson Fine Art in Atlanta, where she will also have solo exhibitions in the Spring 2007. Mona Kuhn currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

Mona Kuhn's new monograph Evidence with an essay by Gordon Baldwin and a story by Frederic Tuten (Steidl, 96 pages / 54 plates) is available for $50.

Books and DVDs related to artists in this show

Location   Gallery Charles Cowles Gallery Address 537 W 24th St New York (Chelsea) NY, 10011 United States Phone 212-741-8999 Fax 212-741-6222 Hours Tue-Sat 10-6

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