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| Reuben Wu, LN 0309, Archival Pigment Print, 15 x 20 inches, Edition of 10, $950 unframed |
Last Friday Reuben Wu’s solo exhibition Aeroglyphs & Other Nocturnes opened at photo-eye Gallery. Mysterious and captivating in both process and aesthetics, Wu’s work involves illuminating nocturnal landscapes with lights attached to drones. The resulting images are otherworldly, depicting land and water in saturated color, bold and slightly surreal, crowned with the ethereal glow of cryptic symbols drawn in the air with light.
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| Reuben Wu, AE 1144, Archival Pigment Print, 15 x 20 inches, Edition of 10, $950 unframed |
Wu’s photography has a unique way of sliding in and out of
our typical perceptions of time. The monumental landscapes that he carefully chooses
to photograph feel ancient, permanent and unchanging in a way that is
deceptively tangible. However, the simple, esoteric language of symbols created
by the drones’ clean light is temporary, appearing and disappearing at Wu's
command. The precise movements of the drone lights echo the minimal aesthetics
of contemporary technology and feel futuristic against the age of the
landmasses beneath. By juxtaposing these short, luminous bursts of man-made light
and the enduring terrestrial stillness below them, Wu reveals to the viewer that
each of these works documents a singular temporal fragment. With these photographs,
Wu slices moments out of time, simultaneously pointing to past and future by slowly
exposing the present.
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| Aeroglyphs & Other Nocturnes Photographs by Reuben Wu Kris Graves Projects, Queens, New York, 2019 In English, 30 pp., 16 color plates, 8.5 x 9 inches $25.00 |
A catalogue of Aeroglyphs & Other Nocturnes, published
by Kris Graves Projects, will accompany the physical exhibition at photo-eye
Gallery, which runs through November 16, 2019. The thirty-page photo book will
feature 16 color plates including all of the work in the exhibition, plus select images from Wu’s newest bodies of work.
All prices listed were current at the time this post was published.
For more information, and to purchase artworks, please contact photo-eye Gallery Staff at:
Current Exhibition
Reuben Wu:
Aeroglyphs & Other Nocturnes
Lux Noctis
Photographs by Reuben Wu.
Text by Geoff Manaugh
Kris Graves Projects, New York, USA, 2018.
48 pp., 23 color illustrations, 12x13".
Signed copies available!
Out of Print
Near Fine condition (slight imperfections to the cloth and cover illustration)
2 Copies left in stock, orders will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis.
All prices listed were current at the time this post was published.
For more information, and to purchase artworks, please contact photo-eye Gallery Staff at:
(505) 988-5152 x 202 or gallery@photoeye.com
Reuben Wu:
Aeroglyphs & Other Nocturnes
On view through November 16, 2019