Thomas Wrede 2006
February 2, 2006- March 25, 2006
547 W 27th St
James Nicholson Gallery is pleased to announce an
exhibition of new large-scale color photographs by German artist Thomas Wrede. The exhibition
will open on February 2nd and continue through March 18, 2006. The opening reception will take
place at the gallery on Thursday, February 2nd from 6 to 8 pm.
Thomas Wrede searches for sanctuary within an environment increasingly subjugated to man’s
intrusions upon nature. Wrede’s desire for asylum amidst chaos sends him seeking refuge in the
infinite spaces that seem to hover at the remote edges of the world. Adrift upon endless expanses
of beach, snow, and sea, Wrede renders beautiful the quietude of landscape in large-scale images
that lure the viewer into their vastness.
On the beach, Wrede captures large swaths of sand dotted with people—extremely sharp specks
frozen in the kind of detail a medium format camera affords. Devoid of any locating devices, it is
as if Wrede has stumbled upon a community of people that have come in search of the same lost
paradise that he too seeks.
On the sea, Wrede captures individuals wandering in stillness across a seemingly unending marsh
plain or standing in shallow water that appears to continue forever. Like those adrift upon land,
the wanderers at sea seem without purpose or destination, they are simply at home in this place
where they have been frozen in time. The same can be said of the ships that Wrede photographs
at sea. Here, he bends the film plane of his view camera, coaxing impossible depths of field into
a single image, transforming gigantic sea-faring specimens into toy-like scenes.
Thomas Wrede is based in Muenster, Germany and has won numerous German photography
awards. This exhibition coincides with the publication of Wrede’s new catalogue, Strange
Paradise. He has exhibited at numerous museums and galleries throughout Europe and the U.S.
Books and DVDs related to artists in this show| Location | Location Closed | | Gallery | James Nicholson Gallery | | Address | 547 W 27th St, 2nd Fl
New York (Chelsea)
NY, 10001
United States | | Phone | 212-967-5700 | | Fax | 212-967-2769 | | Hours | Tue-Sat 11-6 | |
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