Viewfinder
Carlo D’Anselmi, Veronica Fernandez, Bradley McCrary, Zatara McIntyreApril 22 – June 19, 2021
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Thierry Goldberg is pleased to present Viewfinder, a group
exhibition of works by Carlo D’Anselmi, Veronica Fernandez, Bradley McCrary,
and Zatara McIntyre. The exhibition runs from April 22nd through June 19th, 2021.
In Viewfinder, four artists explore performativity and the
act of being beholden as spectacle. Works in the exhibition depict figures that
grapple with being in the spotlight, or become empowered by escaping it.
Veronica Fernandez paints blurred scenes that portray the inner
emotions of her figures, many of them caught in limbo between dream and
reality. In Burned Through The Overcast (Say Cheese) (2021), she depicts
a figure smiling for an unseen photographer, highlighting engrained bodily
performances for the camera and acknowledging the artificiality of such
behaviors.
Bradley McCrary composes his paintings like scenes set on a stage.
His figures, like stars of a play, are dramatic and memorable. They move in
front of idyllic landscapes, enacting scenes from the canons of painting and
cinema. McCrary also nods to kitsch renderings of drama in popular media
in works like The Angels Ass Kicking Pose (2020), wherein three figures
perform the iconic ensemble pose in Charlie’s Angels. These depicted
reenactments of imagined private performances create a feedback loop, a
meta-analysis of who a performance is for: is it for the artist depicting it –
or for the viewer of the painting?
Zatara McIntyre’s works focus on mythology while subverting
stereotypes seen in depictions of the black female body. In her three presented
drawings in Viewfinder, she places her figures in other worldly realms
where they express vulnerability and strength as they harness agency to empower
their own bodies. McIntyre does not idealize the women, and instead allows her
figures to worship themselves. The women in McIntyre’s works are not performing
and are not for consumption. Instead, McIntyre’s depictions reflect on the
notion of ‘taking up space’ and the importance of self-empowerment.
In Carlo D’Anselmi’s works, he portrays figures immersed in
wildlife, inhabiting imaginative worlds of coexistence. The scenes are private
and intimate, with each figure set amongst animals. The subjects are aware of the viewer, yet the
emotion caught within their faces is complicated. Have they been caught, or are
they simply lost in thought? Is this the place where they belong?
Carlo D’Anselmi (b. 1991, New York, NY) lives and works in
Ridgewood, Queens. He holds an MFA in Painting from The New York Studio School
of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture, New York, NY and a BA from Saint Anselm
College, Manchester, NH. D’Anselmi has had solo exhibitions at The Cabin LA,
Los Angles, CA; Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY; Kent Place Gallery,
Summit, NJ; and Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH. His work has also been
included in group exhibitions at Moya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY; Public Swim, New
York, NY; Galerie Kornfeld, Berlin, Germany; Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson,
NY; Auxier Kline, New York, NY; Catherine Fosnot Gallery, New London, CT;
Danese/Corey, New York, NY; ROOM Artspace, Brooklyn, NY; M. David and Co.,
Brooklyn, NY; and The Painting Center, New York, NY among others. This is his first exhibition with
Thierry Goldberg Gallery.
Veronica Fernandez (b. 1998, Norfolk,
VA) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She holds a BFA from The School of
Visual Arts, NY. Fernandez has previously exhibited at Residency Art Gallery, Inglewood, CA; Jenkins Johnson
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York, NY; C.R.E.T.A.,
Rome, Italy; and SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY among others. She will be included in
an upcoming exhibition at MONTI8, Latina, Italy. This is her second
exhibition with Thierry Goldberg Gallery following her online solo show I Put My Faith In My Temple in 2020.
Bradley McCrary (b.1998,
Schenectady, NY) lives and works in Newtown, CT. He holds a BFA from Rhode
Island School of Design, Providence, RI. McCrary’s work has previously
exhibited at Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI; Galleria di Bibliotè, Rome,
Italy; Palazzetto Cenci, Rome, Italy; Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of
Design, Providence, RI; Roberts Gallery, Lesley University College of Art and
Design, Cambridge, MA; and Guilderland Public Library, Guilderland, NY among
others. This is his first exhibition with Thierry Goldberg Gallery.
Zatara McIntyre (b. 1984, Miami,
FL) lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a MFA from Hunter College, City
University New York, NY. McIntyre’s work has previously exhibited at The
Drawing Center, New York, NY; 205 Hudson Street Galleries, New York, NY; Armory
Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL; and University Gallery, Miami, FL among
others. This is her first exhibition with Thierry Goldberg Gallery.
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information please call or email the gallery at + 1. 212.228.7569 or
info@thierrygoldberg.com.