Daniel Cooney: Tim Lehmacher
If you're down Chelsea way this weekend, you may want to poke your head in to see Tim Lehmacher's show at Daniel Cooney Fine Art. Lehmacher's not your typical German photographer in the vein of Struth or Gursky. In almost direct opposition to those guys, his images focus on simplifcation and isolation rather than overwhelming detail and activity. A more formal take on something Misrach was doing earlier this year, perhaps.
Daniel Cooney Fine Art
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Or, apropos two posts down...
http://www.assemblylanguage.com/reviews/Sugimoto.html
Kind of unfortunate.
Wow. Not sure how I missed THAT connection.
I saw this show in the gallery and it is truly amazing. It looks beautiful in the DCFA space. There is a quite movement to the pieces and you really have to see it in person to get the full scope of the photos. Even the framing is beautiful. Also, as a treat, as Mr. Cooney about Tim Lehmacher's statue portraits. Very interesting.
While Tim Lehmacher's water images are obviously reminiscent of Sugimoto's the content and concept are Lehmacher's own. The water images make sense in the installation of 14 photographs and should be seen in context.
Please make an effort to see the show and I am sure you will see the poetry, cadence and beauty in the work. You will also notice a much heavier influence and respect for literature and minimalist artists such as Donald Judd.