THE FIGURE IN THE LANDSCAPE

100 Years of Photography

26 January 2012 - 11 February 2012

Eugene Atget

Femme de Verrieres, 1912, printed later by MoMA from original plate

9.5 x 7 inches

42/100, MoMA stamp at bottom right, 1978

Catriona Grant

Untitled (from The Examination Room series,) 2003

C-print, edition of 8

30 x 40 inches

Gregory Crewdson

Untitled (from the Natural Wonder series,) 1994

C-print, edition AP ½

28 x 36 inches

Laura Heyman

Untitled (from The Photographer’s Wife series,) 2006

C-print

17.5 x 22 inches

Mario Giacomelli, Italian (b. 1925, d. 2000)

Verra la morte e avra i tuoi occhi, 1966-68

Silver gelatin photograph

15.5 x 1l.5 inches

Lucy Levene

Untitled (from the L.A. Stories series,) 2009

C-print, AP ½

20 x 24 inches

Lucy Levene

Untitled (from the L.A. Stories series,) 2009

C-print, AP ½

20 x 24 inches

Lucy Levene

Untitled (“Embrace” from the Night Shift series,) 2004.

C-print, edition of 8

30 x 40 inches

Lucy Levene

Untitled (from the Night Shift series,) 2004

C-print, edition of 8

30 x 40 inches

Lucy Levene

Untitled (from the L.A. Stories series,) 2009

C-print, AP ½

20 x 24 inches

Marian Moratinos

Untitled (from the Metropolis Project series,) 2004

Mixed media on panel

46 x 46 inches

Romaine Orthwein

Untitled (from the Looking Glass series,) 2002

C-print, edition of 8

20 x 24 inches

Carole Reiff

Portrait of Chet Baker with Self Portrait in Mirror, ca. 1955

silver gelatin print, unique

8 x 9 ½ inches

Rebecca Soderholm

Ausable River, Route 73, Keene NY, 2006

Inkjet print, edition of 7

24 x 30 inches

Rebecca Soderholm

Emma and Water Glass, New Haven, CT, 2005

Inkjet print, edition of 7

22 x 22 inches

Rebecca Soderholm

Mary Beth and Asa, Keene Valley, NY, 2005

Inkjet print, edition of 7

22 x 22 inches

Anna Ferrer

Ló real, 2003-4

C-print, edition of 10

48 x 36 inches

Vaughan Judge

Pegasus, 2006

C-print

29 ½ x 30 inches

Benjamin Faga

Chroma 26, 2011

C-print

30 x 40 inches

Marian Moratinos

Untitled (from the Metropolis Project series,)2004

Mixed media on wood

5.5 x 5.5 inches

Vaughan Judge

Women Can Fly, 2001

C-print

20 x 24 inches

Marian Moratinos

Untitled (from the Metropolis Project series,)2004

Mixed media on wood

5.5 x 5.5 inches

Marian Moratinos

Untitled (from the Metropolis Project series,)2004

Mixed media on wood

5.5 x 5.5 inches

511 Gallery is pleased to present The Figure in the Landscape: 100 Years of Photography, an exhibition of photographs by Eugene Atget, Gregory Crewdson, Benjamin Faga, Anna Ferrer, Mario Giacomelli, Catriona Grant, Laura Heyman, Vaughan Judge, Lucy Levene, Marian F. Moratinos, Romaine Orthwein, Carole Reiff and Rebecca Soderholm.

Intimate and yet vast, neither portrait nor landscape, the photographs in this show constitute a genre of their own: The Figure in the Landscape. Whether natural or domestic, the environments in which the figures exist, speak as loudly as the figures themselves. Thus, even the term figure becomes flexible, as the subject of the photograph stretches to include animals, plants or structures. Though most photographs in this exhibition depict the human figure, most of them in action, it is the context of the figureâ€™s physical environment that breathes life and meaning into the work. In each composition, the figure and the setting almost equally hold their own.

These varied photographs were taken by thirteen different artists between 1912 and 2012; yet they all successfully marry the figure and the landscape in ways that make the viewer contemplate the practical and spiritual relationship humans have to their environments, whether natural or domestic. United in this exhibition, these photographs also engage in a vivid and playful conversation amongst themselves, opening up the work further, providing the viewer with a rich and dynamic experience.

This exhibition will open to the public on the 26th of January, with a reception from 6 to 8PM.