| P.S.1 Contemporary
Art Center presents a selection of approximately twenty
recent color photographs by Ryan McGinley, most never-before
exhibited or reproduced. This exhibition of new photographs
signals a departure from the urban youth culture images
for which the artist is well known.
While he is best known for capturing intimate and everyday
images of his extended family of friends (including skateboarders,
graffiti artists, and lovers) in and around the Lower East
Side, McGinley has been working almost exclusively in natural
settings outside of New York City over the past nine months.
For the first time, he has set up situations specifically
to be photographed, but he also creates the conditions in
which his subjects can lose themselves in the moment- as
when a group of young people climb naked into the upper
branches of a tree or float underwater at night. In these
new pictures, McGinley has embraced nature as a site of
freedom, and he searches for and captures a sense of buoyancy
and release. Also on view is a selection of new portraits
in which his subjects are bathed in a luminous glow or are
captured in deep silhouette.
Organized by PS1 Curatorial Advisor Bob Nickas, the exhibition
will be accompanied by a limited edition book, with an essay
by the curator.
For more information, please
contact Rachael Dorsey, P.S.1 Press Office, at press@ps1.org
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