{"id":715,"date":"2013-01-15T20:19:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T20:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lti-lightside.com\/?p=715"},"modified":"2014-04-03T17:49:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-03T17:49:35","slug":"lawrence-beck-italian-pictures-at-sonnabend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/projects.lti-lightside.com\/?p=715","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence Beck: Italian Pictures at Sonnabend"},"content":{"rendered":"
Italian Pictures
<\/em>Lawrence Beck
<\/em>Sonnabend Gallery
January 12 – February 9, 2013<\/h5>\n

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Lawrence Beck:<\/strong> Roman Aqueduct I<\/em>, 2012 from the series Italian Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n

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From the Sonnabend Gallery Press release:<\/p>\n

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These twelve large scale, color photographs follow a continuum that originated with Beck\u2019s \u201cBotanical Gardens\u201d series from the late 1990s and his \u201cWaterfalls\u201d from 2005-7 into the \u201cItalian Garden\u201d\u00a0 series which began in 2008.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cItalian Pictures\u201d includes new subject matter, specifically Roman Aqueducts, which Beck approaches as a form of intimate portraiture. These iconic architectural relics have an autobiographical significance for the artist due to his yearly visits to Italy since early childhood. The new pictures represent personal views of familiar Italian objects, recollections of a period during Beck\u2019s childhood when his imaginative relationship with Italian architecture began to develop.\u00a0 The aqueducts are photographed in Rome in the semi-abandoned \u201cParco degli Acquedotti\u201d where apparently little municipal attention is given to the overall condition or presentation of these ancient ruins. \u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n

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Lawrence Beck:<\/strong>\u00a0Parco degli Acquedotti I<\/em>, 2012 from the series Italian Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n

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Also on view will be a new series of garden photographs, contrasting the wild disorganization of nature with the cultivated garden. The patinated ruins, bridges, statuary, and fountains in these works are photographed in early morning and late afternoon light that provides both atmospheric softness and chiaroscuro definition. The motif is the same as that used by classical artists as a source of contemplation and inspiration, but here is used in a way that uniquely blurs the distinction between photography and painting<\/em>.<\/h5>\n

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Lawrence Beck: <\/strong>Ninfa V,<\/em> 2012 from the exhibition Italian Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n

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<\/a>Lawrence Beck: <\/strong>Villa Borghese I,<\/em> 2012 from the exhibition Italian Pictures<\/em><\/p>\n

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Italian Pictures is LTI-Lightsides’s fifth exhibition at Sonnabend Gallery with Lawrence Beck. The 59″ x 72″ archival pigment prints for Italian Pictures<\/em> were imaged from high resolution scans of Beck’s original 8 x 10 color negatives. For more images from this exhibition and of Beck’s work in general, please visit his website by clicking here<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/h5>\n

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Lawrence Beck:<\/strong> Italian Pictures<\/em>, Sonnabend Gallery, 2013<\/p>\n

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Lawrence Beck:<\/strong> Italian Pictures<\/em>, Sonnabend Gallery, 2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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