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Exhibition “Hidden Lights”

Published: February 1, 2025; Aithor: Bowie Kim

When: February 14, 2025
Where: GR gallery

Address: 255 Bowery New York New York, NY 10002 United States

Phone: +1 212-473-2900

 

Web: https://www.gr-gallery.com/

Building on the success of his 2023 group exhibition Dreaming Awake at GR gallery, Pisanelli’s latest series emerges from both a narrative and compositional need to explore the dynamic interplay between nature and artifice.

Specifically, the artist focuses on formalizing works that contrast natural elements — such as water beds, trees, mountains, and waterfalls — with artificial elements, including minimal structures, shelters, and artificial lighting. This juxtaposition highlights the relationship between nature and human-made artifice, placing artificial objects in unexpected natural settings.

These compositions trigger a sense of alienation, both visually and intellectually, which is also reflected in the exhibition’s title, Hidden Lights. The title presents an oxymoron: light, typically associated with visibility and illumination, is described as hidden, creating a contrast central to the works. Through this layered effect of visibility and obscurity, Pisanelli achieves a carefully balanced pictorial composition of shapes, subjects, and content about each other.

Time: 6:00-8:00 pm EST

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