Two Solo Photography Exhibitions open at Waltman Ortega Fine Art

From February 9 through March 31, 2013.

Waltman Ortega Fine Art presents two solo photography exhibitions: “A Clear Epical Dominance” by Norwegian photographer Rune Guneriussen in the grey room and “Espectadores” by Catalan photographer Aleix Plademunt in the white room. The artists create temporary installations by placing man-made objects within a natural environment and photographing them. Their works create a dialogue about human interaction with nature, invite contemplation towards this interaction, and reflect upon our place in the passage of time.

Rune Guneriussen | A Clear Epical Dominance

This is the Guneriussen’s first exhibition with the gallery and his first solo exhibition in the United States. The exhibit is comprised of photographs ranging in size from medium to large-scale. The artist uses man-made objects to build temporary installations in the natural settings to create ethereal photographic works. Everyday items, such as electric lamps, books, chairs, etc. were situated in untouched Norwegian landscapes where they are seemingly the only indication of human presence. Guneriussen believes that the human approach to nature is too invasive. Thus, he assembles site-specific sculptures and installations creating enchanting worlds, photographs them and deconstructs them, leaving no trace behind (a suggestion for a more gentle approach). The artist notes, “This process involves the object, story, space and most important the time it is made within. It is an approach to the balance between nature and human culture, and all the sublevels of our own existence.” Rune Guneriussen was born in 1977, in Kongsberg, Norway. He studied at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in England, and lives and works in eastern Norway.

Aleix Plademunt | Espectadores

“Espectadores” is a vital project addressing human behavior within space. The project consisted of physical installations of chairs at various locations throughout Spain. The artist analyzes humankind’s capacity to destroy nature and mutate its natural context – from the most harsh and aggressive invasions to the subtlest ones. The human being creates and adapts, changes and modifies, interferes, transforms, and perverts the natural environment according to its needs and interests. The humanized landscape becomes a modified landscape. Nature surrounds us and the human being keeps on damaging it, constantly. There are no virgin spaces left: it does not matter how far they are, the landscape always has a human trace left behind. Humanity keeps on creating new material, impulsively, unware that it will become obsolete by a never-quenched thirst for its own improvement. Plademunt invites a viewer (“spectator”) to take a seat and take a look at how humankind had changed its environment forever.

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