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NEW YORK – Miles McEnery Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Liz Nielsen. The artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery will open on 20 March at 511 West 22nd Street and remain on view through 3 May. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated digital publication featuring an essay by Liz Hirsch.
Liz Nielsen’s “light paintings,” as she coins them, take inspiration from Man Ray’s iconic photograms, or eponymous “rayographs.” However, Nielsen’s compositions are not the standard single-exposure photographs taken with a camera or lens, but meticulously layered images achieved through a laborious and rigorous method. She begins with large sheets of photographic paper, carefully revealing and concealing different areas to gradually build her final composition—each exposure deliberate, precise, and patient. Working in complete darkness, often for hours at a time, she relies solely on memory to guide her. The result is a multivalent image—entirely u…
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NEW YORK – Miles McEnery Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by Liz Nielsen. The artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery will open on 20 March at 511 West 22nd Street and remain on view through 3 May. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated digital publication featuring an essay by Liz Hirsch.
Liz Nielsen’s “light paintings,” as she coins them, take inspiration from Man Ray’s iconic photograms, or eponymous “rayographs.” However, Nielsen’s compositions are not the standard single-exposure photographs taken with a camera or lens, but meticulously layered images achieved through a laborious and rigorous method. She begins with large sheets of photographic paper, carefully revealing and concealing different areas to gradually build her final composition—each exposure deliberate, precise, and patient. Working in complete darkness, often for hours at a time, she relies solely on memory to guide her. The result is a multivalent image—entirely u…
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