NEW YORK, NY – Chelsea’s Agora Gallery will feature the original work of Mohamed Bengriba in the Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography. The exhibition opens May 19, 2017 and runs through June 8, 2017 with an opening reception on Thursday, May 25 from 6-8 pm.
Born in the Paris southeastern suburb of Créteil, Mohamed Bengriba was somewhat of a latecomer to art. A television report on Marc Chagall’s “Bella with White Collar” was the force that drew him in. Bengriba began touring museums, seeking connection with the likes of Klee, Kandinsky, and Pollock. Shortly thereafter, he began experimenting with digital photography. One day, having discovered a spider’s web wet with droplets of fresh rain, Bengriba realized he could manipulate his photos, playing with light, contrast, and saturation. This editing process has become an essential part of his work. “If a photograph represents something in a too-obvious way,” Bengriba says, “I process it until it has lost enough of its photogenics.”
Bengriba’s current body of work is vivid and heavily saturated, reminiscent of a thermal scan. It is, in a sense, a puzzle, pushing the viewer to both guess at the original content and to examine a world that is entirely new. “I am interested in abstraction,” Bengriba says. “To me, abstraction is synonymous with freedom.”
Mohamed Bengriba currently lives in France.
Exhibition Dates: May 19, 2017 – June 8, 2017
Reception: Thursday, May 25, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat 11:00am – 6:00pm
Gallery Location: 530 West 25th St, Chelsea, New York
Event URL: http://www.agora-gallery.com/artistpage/Mohamed_Bengriba.aspx
Featured Artists:
Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography
Mohamed Bengriba | Marco Carnaroli | Estelle Choe | Aitor Izaguirre Ansa | Olga Loschinina | Chet B. Simpson | Wallace
About the Exhibition
Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography
Agora Gallery brings digital photography to the forefront with Illumination: An Exhibition of Fine Art Photography. This group exhibition collects six artists with wildly different storytelling goals. There are two landscape photographers, one of whom transforms the landscape with fantastical perspectives and one who captures the land in harmony with its human inhabitants. There is the photographer working with modern symbolic imagery revolving around consumerism and health issues. There are two abstract photographers who work with exposure and saturation to create textures. There are also two artists who portray cars and buildings as living, breathing things. Illumination is an exercise in unusual points of view.
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