Allen Frame: Dialogue with Bola帽o
Gitterman Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of color and black and white photographs by Allen Frame that celebrates the pairing of his photographs with the literary work of the Chilean writer Roberto Bola帽o.
Drawing from Frame鈥檚 archive, the publisher New Directions has used nine of his photographs as Bola帽o book covers. Frame's photographs convey a deeply felt but restrained sense of intimacy, suffused with aspects of both desire and alienation, and hints of noir-like menace. Bola帽o's work draws on motifs of detective fiction but transcends the genre to create an intensely moving reflection on creative lives played out in the shadow of oppressive political and social conflicts. His gritty, visceral writing probes into the dark corners of experience with a notable appreciation of the intrigues of romantic obsession.
Bola帽o, considered by many to be the most important Latin American writer of his generation, was born in Chile in 1953. He moved to Mexico City with his family at the age of fifteen and lived there until his mid twenties when he moved to Europe. Bola帽o thought of himself as a poet initially and had a variety of menial jobs through the 1980s. His first novels were published in the 1990s. The Savage Detectives won the Romulo Gallegos Prize for best Spanish-language novel of the year in 1999. Bola帽o died in 2003 at the age of fifty and his work has been translated steadily into English and other languages since then, creating widespread international acclaim.
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Gitterman Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of color and black and white photographs by Allen Frame that celebrates the pairing of his photographs with the literary work of the Chilean writer Roberto Bola帽o.
Drawing from Frame鈥檚 archive, the publisher New Directions has used nine of his photographs as Bola帽o book covers. Frame's photographs convey a deeply felt but restrained sense of intimacy, suffused with aspects of both desire and alienation, and hints of noir-like menace. Bola帽o's work draws on motifs of detective fiction but transcends the genre to create an intensely moving reflection on creative lives played out in the shadow of oppressive political and social conflicts. His gritty, visceral writing probes into the dark corners of experience with a notable appreciation of the intrigues of romantic obsession.
Bola帽o, considered by many to be the most important Latin American writer of his generation, was born in Chile in 1953. He moved to Mexico City with his family at the age of fifteen and lived there until his mid twenties when he moved to Europe. Bola帽o thought of himself as a poet initially and had a variety of menial jobs through the 1980s. His first novels were published in the 1990s. The Savage Detectives won the Romulo Gallegos Prize for best Spanish-language novel of the year in 1999. Bola帽o died in 2003 at the age of fifty and his work has been translated steadily into English and other languages since then, creating widespread international acclaim.
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