Shulamit Nazarian is pleased to welcome Daniel Gordon to our growing program of artists. A solo exhibition of new works by the artist will be presented in our main gallery space in Spring 2024.
Daniel Gordon is known for photography and sculpture that employ appropriation and reproduction in order to question the nature of the image-object relationship. Melding optical illusion, pastiche, mixed media, and a recalibration of analog processes, Gordon consciously reframes what it means to have a photographic practice. A labyrinth built from formalist notions of color, form, line, and composition, his photographs are comprised of disparate images that have been collapsed and recontextualized.
Beginning with found imagery sourced from the internet and his camera roll, Gordon reconstructs the three-dimensional form and scale of objects using cut-and-pasted printouts of the objects themselves. The resulting paper objects are then meticulously fabricated to be arranged into various tableaux, which the artist then photographs from a single, frontal vantage point. Gordon's marriage of digital and analog processes results in chromatic, highly layered works that delight in both the obvious and the confounding elements of their creation. Bringing together memento mori, portraiture, and still life, Gordon deftly synthesizes the history of imagemaking.
Based in Brooklyn, Gordon holds a BA from Bard College and an MFA from Yale School of Art. His museum exhibitions include New Photography Series, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Cut! Paper Play in Contemporary Photography, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Greater New York, MoMA P.S.1, Queens; Hue and Saturate, Houston Center for Photography, Texas; and Secondhand, Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco. Gordon’s work has been featured in a number of monographs, most recently in New Canvas, published by Chose Commune in Fall 2022. His work is held in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Guggenheim, New York; Pier 24, San Francisco; Foam Museum, Amsterdam; and the VandenBroek Foundation, Lisse, NL.
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