The Lunch Box Gallery announces its new show “Isolations” a two-month exhibition by photographers Lilly McElroy, Dana Meilijson, Rodolfo Vanmarcke and Missy Nuzzo on December 1, 2011 from 7 to 10PM.
The exhibition gathers four different expressions of the notion of isolation, where human beings or things that belong to them are isolated to make a call for observation and raise a social commentary about the world today.
Through the conceptual photographs of these four artists, themes emerge that can go from the exploration of alienation and passivity in our existing societies by experimenting with public reaction, to the examination of depersonalization as a consequence of the mass consumption lived in the world today.
The photographs awake in the viewer a sense of strangeness isolating situations within their own context, or de-contextualizing them by removing elements from their expected frames of reference and placing them into new settings.
LA- based Lilly McElroy, is showing three photographs of her “Locations” series. Her project began with the documentation of public reaction to unexpected behavior in privately owned public spaces, where conduct is regimented.
“Fear of non-conformity has made uncommon behaviors virtually impermissible. Therefore I decided to experiment, by performing an action that was out of place, but clearly non-confrontational,” said McElroy.
Another theme that emerged of her project is the exploration of the alienation and claustrophobia felt within contemporary society and the demonstration of public reaction in their interaction.
Venezuelan-born, NY-based photographer Dana Meilijson was placed in the spotlight in 2009 after her remarkable series “Everyday Interruptions” which were reviewed in The New York Times.
Meilijson will exhibit a selection of images from those series shot in New York City representing the quotidian which the artist understands as ordinary with the potential for the extra-ordinary.
Another Venezuelan-born artist, Rodolfo Vanmarckea conceptual photographer based in Miami will be showcasing five images from the series “Modern Solitudes”.
According to the artist, the contemporary human being has buried himself in a devastating solitude due to the triumph of industrialization.
“We have systematically celebrated the mass manufacture of products that are elaborated under the slogan ‘Our greatest product is the human capital,’” said Vanmarcke.
“Ironically, that same resource is already a prefabricated product, properly packed with the in vogue clothing, the technology of the moment and under the media diet of the day. We have transformed ourselves into isolated self-idols within a temple devoid of believers; crammed full of needs that are in fact invented by a society of identical people,” Vanmarcke added.
Lastly, the Pennsylvania-based emergent photographer Missy Nuzzowill be exhibiting a selection of photographs from her allegoric “Where she left it” series.
Nuzzo bases her series on the premise that it is hard for a child to hold a doll dressed in luxurious clothing without getting the doll dirty, but not so hard when the doll is in a box, left inside to appreciate in collector’s value.
Over time, the child stops playing with dolls, stops dressing up to mimic the dolls she once adored, and becomes an adult. The doll, still in the box, no longer looks as luxurious as it once appeared to be.
In her series, delicate garments are juxtaposed with crumbled industrial surroundings and organic scenery.
Also on view at The Lunch Box is Claire Nelson “Visual Narratives” series.
Isolationsand Visual Narratives are open to the public from December 1st, 2011 to February 25th, 2012.
Business Hours: Tuesday to Saturday 11am - 6pm and open during the Gallery Walks every second Saturday of the month.
The opening reception is on December 1st, 2011 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at 310 NW. 24th Street Miami, Fl 33127
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