Comments on: Chelsea Gallery Crawl: Part Three of Three

By: Christopher Jagers » Andreas Gursky @ Matthew Marks

Christopher Jagers » Andreas Gursky @ Matthew Marks — Fri, 18 May 2007 17:01:20 +0000

[...] current photography show at Matthew Marks is getting dissed by many people, including Jerry Saltz, who I usually agree with. Above is a photo composite of a Formula 1 pit [...]

By: Art Fag City

Art Fag City — Fri, 18 May 2007 04:27:32 +0000

Kurt: Agreed. There are absolutely images worth seeing the show and the James Bond Island pictures aren’t bad. I don’t mean to dismiss the work entirely, but I think its important to question formalism, even when it works.

Cooky: Yeah, some of the photoshopping I like others I don’t. The Island pictures don’t bother me as much as they do you though. As for Sterling Ruby, I like the images on the Foxy website, but haven’t seen the show yet. Maybe I’ll write about it next week after I see some galleries this weekend.

By: cooky

cooky — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:32:13 +0000

It seems as if he’s relying on photoshop more and more as a crutch…It almost becomes a parody in my eyes when its all to obvoiusly a conglomeration of seamless stitching, as in those island pieces; I do agree with saltz, that each successive show has become staler, though the show is definitely as you point out worth seeing. What did you think about the sterling ruby show?

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 17 May 2007 18:14:47 +0000

Beyond the irritating “painterly” formalism of a lot of the pictures, I think Gursky still has a knack for cutting to the quick in an interesting way.

The fascist heart of precision showed through on the Formula 1 and North Korea pictures, and I thought the James Bond Island picture with the gods eye view of “hidden” coves was stunning.