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David Benjamin Sherry: Blue Ablation
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery is pleased to present Blue Ablation, David Benjamin Sherry鈥檚 sixth New York solo exhibition and his first with the gallery. The presentation features six large-scale photographs from his recent expedition to Antarctica alongside five new oil paintings.
Sherry鈥檚 longstanding engagement with the American West and humanity鈥檚 fraught relationship with nature takes an expansive step forward as he turns his lens southward to the glaciers and icebergs of Antarctica. In Blue Ablation, a title which references the destruction of glacial ice and, relatedly, our own bodies, the artist pairs large-format analog photographs, rendered in vivid monochromes, with abstract paintings inspired by the atmospheric conditions and ice drifts of this enigmatic landscape. Capturing both Antarctica鈥檚 sublime beauty and its rapid transformation under global warming, Sherry moves beyond documentation to confront change itself. This new body of work engages legacies of exploration and exploitation while deepening Sherry鈥檚 own focus on queerness, spirituality and our survival as a species.
Painting has become central to Sherry鈥檚 practice in the past five years, a shift that began in 2020 when the pandemic restricted his access to the darkroom. Extending his use of the monochrome and photographic language into canvases, Sherry鈥檚 paintings offer alternative visions of the Antarctic that reverently foreground entropy and transience. They move beyond fact into atmosphere, light and sensation鈥攐ffering a lasting mental afterlife and connection, rather than a fleeting impression. Through these mediums in tandem, Sherry attempts to redefine landscape鈥攏ot as passive scenery, but as deeply charged spaces which both reflect our past and presage our future.
Nicelle Beauchene Gallery is pleased to present Blue Ablation, David Benjamin Sherry鈥檚 sixth New York solo exhibition and his first with the gallery. The presentation features six large-scale photographs from his recent expedition to Antarctica alongside five new oil paintings.
Sherry鈥檚 longstanding engagement with the American West and humanity鈥檚 fraught relationship with nature takes an expansive step forward as he turns his lens southward to the glaciers and icebergs of Antarctica. In Blue Ablation, a title which references the destruction of glacial ice and, relatedly, our own bodies, the artist pairs large-format analog photographs, rendered in vivid monochromes, with abstract paintings inspired by the atmospheric conditions and ice drifts of this enigmatic landscape. Capturing both Antarctica鈥檚 sublime beauty and its rapid transformation under global warming, Sherry moves beyond documentation to confront change itself. This new body of work engages legacies of exploration and exploitation while deepening Sherry鈥檚 own focus on queerness, spirituality and our survival as a species.
Painting has become central to Sherry鈥檚 practice in the past five years, a shift that began in 2020 when the pandemic restricted his access to the darkroom. Extending his use of the monochrome and photographic language into canvases, Sherry鈥檚 paintings offer alternative visions of the Antarctic that reverently foreground entropy and transience. They move beyond fact into atmosphere, light and sensation鈥攐ffering a lasting mental afterlife and connection, rather than a fleeting impression. Through these mediums in tandem, Sherry attempts to redefine landscape鈥攏ot as passive scenery, but as deeply charged spaces which both reflect our past and presage our future.
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