The Jack Shainman Gallery in Chelsea has announced a solo exhibition of new work by visual artist Michael Snow which examines the act of looking and the process of viewing through projections, holography and photo-based works. The show includes The Viewing of Six New Works, a new seven-part projection that simulates the ways a person might look at a rectangular wall-mounted piece of art by digitally mimicking eye movements. “The work is an attempt to present only the movements of perception, not perception itself—the art of looking at art," explains Snow.
Another new work, In The Way (also the name of the show), is a floor projection of a trucking pan shot directly above different terrains of Northern Canada. In The Way makes use of a camera and projector to make the viewer feel as though he or she were actually traveling through and getting “in the way” and altering the image.
Additionally, the exhibition features Snow’s earlier works that explore notions of “framing and containment.” For example, a 1985 hologram Exchange is a spectral face that confronts the viewer with an intense stare. Similarly, the 1998 photography piece La Ferme extends 23 feet and features images of a pastoral scene taken from a short film blurring the boundary between motion and stillness and “here” and “there.”
Snow, also a well-known filmmaker and musician, received international recognition for the avant-garde film Wavelength in 1967. His work has been featured in public and private collections worldwide, including at the Museum of Modern Art, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Opening January 7th at The Jack Shainman Gallery (513 W. 20th St.) through February 11th. The gallery is open from Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
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