Fremin Gallery is welcoming you on Thursday, December 3rd from 6 to 8pm for our second Connecting the Dots opening, featuring the thread and nail artworks of Nemo Jantzen and the black & white photography of Nicolas Auvray. View the complete Connecting the Dots series on our Artsy Page and the full exhibition video Here!! Following the CDC guidelines we will be rigorously cleaning and sanitizing the gallery as well as practicing social distancing recommendations. Only 20 people will be allowed inside the gallery at any given time, mask will be required and hand sanitizer will be provided at the entrance. Please RSVP at info@fremingallery.com so we can plan accordingly. |
“High Fashion” _
Content: Fashion, haute couture, brands, fashion-photography, catwalks etc.
Size: 44”x 59” Inches with Ø1.5” Spheres (112x150cm. with Ø3cm. Spheres)_ |
In a captivating new body of works, Nemo Jantzen elevates Neo-Pointillism to dazzling new heights, creating vividly representational renderings that are composed entirely of nails and thread. Demonstrating remarkable craftsmanship, Jantzen first creates a guiding map from hundreds of stainless-steel nails, mounting each individual nail onto a wooden board. With meticulous precision, the artist then charts a single thread, moving from nail-head to nail-head, layering the fiber in such a way that the desired image materializes with dramatic clarity. Each layer of thread is further activated by the play of light on its surface as cast-shadows blend together into one united visual effect. The result: a photo-realistic relief sculpture forged from the artist’s raw materials that are beholden to every unique viewer’s individual perspective. |
“Keep Cool"
Content: Thread and Nails. _
Size: 55.5”x 48” Inches_ |
Prolific across medium, Nemo Jantzen has worked in both two and three-dimensional modes of artistic expression over the course of his lengthy career. Until now, he is perhaps best known for hyper-realistic paintings that explore cinematic stills, or portraits of celebrities; evoking iconic images which are often embedded in our collective unconscious. His chosen subject matter often illustrates the overlap between our memories of images from contemporary cinema and our real-world experiences. It is from this ardent source of pop-culture inspiration that Jantzen conceived of the incredible works on view in Connecting the Dots. |
“Wonderland"
Content: Photography. _
Size: 43”x 53” Inches_ |
For Connecting the Dots, Nicolas Auvray selected work from «Attractions Nocturnes» to presents a series of night photographs. It begins as a walk through the cities at night. Familiar places are re-discovered, figures appear and disappear in the darkness where metamorphosis and transitions take place. The bright street lights appear as a Leitmotiv between the images, linking them and embarking us on his journey. We are invited to follow the dots that connect these scenes.
In these images, the city is a metaphor. Paris, Stockholm, New York…no importance… what matters is the universality of impressions. Spectators are invited to explore other worlds and be transported in dreamlike scenes to follow their aspirations, and maybe, deeper, darker passions and to look further into their identities
Nicolas Auvray relies on traditional photographic materials to capture the extraordinary atmosphere of tangible realities. Whilst stopping for a moment, he tries to reveal something almost nonexistent in scenes that will stimulate or highlight ones senses, emotions and past experiences. Nicolas Auvray was born in France. After several years living in various countries around the world, he moved to New York in 2005 where he currently lives. He studied at the International Center of Photography (I.C.P.) in New York where he also works. For his work, he uses analogue cameras (medium and large format) and prints primarily in the traditional darkroom in Paris and in New York. His work has been presented internationally in France, Japan, the UK and the USA and is collected in private and public collections. In 2018, a selection of his work entered the photography collection of the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF). |
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