James Nachtwey: My wish: Let my photographs bear witness
This video speaks for itself.
By Jim McKinniss
Miles Aldridge – The Pure Wonder at Fahey/Klein gallery
The Fahey/Klein Gallery is pleased to present the upcoming exhibition, “The Pure Wonder” a retrospective exhibition featuring work by London based contemporary photographer Miles Aldridge. Equally obsessed with women and with color, photographer Miles Aldridge masterfully creates visually compelling images. Working in the manner of a filmmaker, Aldridge’s world is a confluence of dream and reality. His images contain hyper-real scenes occupied by impossibly beautiful women, each an embodiment of seeming perfection. Every image however belies a darker sense of mystery and unease. Staring off vacantly, a beautiful blonde stabs a birthday cake with a knife, screams into a phone, or nonchalantly lights her cigarette on a stove while the gas flames lick her hair. Each arresting scene Aldridge has created explores the complex dualities of contemporary life– perfection and damage, violence and passivity, the mundane and the bizarre. Aldridge has simultaneously created both a dream world and a nightmare where anxiety, melancholy, and boredom seem so beautiful, it is impossible to look away.
This show runsĀ September 10th – October 17th
Reception for the Artist: Thursday, September 10th, 7 – 9 pm
Fahey/Klein is located atĀ 148 North La Brea, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Phone: (323) 934-2250 Fax: (323) 934-4243 –
By Jim McKinniss
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