During MIA&D Art Fair Singapore, the FOST Gallery presented Rodney Smith’s exhibition. Rodney is an american photographer, the signature trademark of his photographs has become his use of whimsical and surreal visual twists. These interjections of humor and surrealism are rarely planned, and more often than not, occur by chance. A further dichotomy exists in the beautifully formal and elegant fashion images that Smith creates, and the method of capturing them— he is known for his casual and impromptu style on set shooting with a medium format Hasselblad camera. The final result reveals a refreshingly pure and simple vision.
Rodney Smith graduated from the University of Virginia in 1970 and earned a Master of Divinity in Theology from Yale University in 1973. While at Yale, he also studied photography under photographer, Walker Evans. In 1975, Smith received a Jerusalem Foundation Fellowship which enabled him to travel to Jerusalem taking photographs which would result in his first book “In the Land of Light”, published in 1983, followed by his second publication, “The Hat Book” in 1993. In 2005, Rodney Smith published his third book, “The Book of Books”. As well as his Fine Art work, Smith has been commissioned for numerous major commercial assignments including American Express, Starbucks Coffee, Ralph Lauren, The New York Times Magazine, W Magazine, and Vanity Fair. His work has been exhibited internationally and has won over 75 awards. In 2010, Rodney Smith released, “The End”, an immaculately design and executed, limited edition publication celebrating his 40 years in photography. Rodney Smith lives with his wife and daughter in Snedens Landing, a community near New York City.
In 2006 Stephanie Fong established FOST Gallery. The eponymous gallery bears a combination of the first two letters of her name. From the outset, she was committed to showing artists whose works reflect our time and place. Her aim then, as it is now, was to showcase contemporary art from around the world with a special focus on artists based in Singapore.
FOST Gallery quickly gained a reputation of being one of the more progressive local galleries, constantly and consistently producing critically acclaimed exhibitions. It has shown works by Tang Da Wu, widely acknowledged as the father of contemporary art in Singapore; as well as conceptual artists Heman Chong and Song-Ming Ang. The gallery also represents Jimmy Ong, one of Singapore’s best- known artists, and up-and-coming sculptor Chun Kaifeng. It also represents international artists such as Rodney Smith (USA), Adeel uz Zafar (Pakistan) and Phi Phi Oanh (Vietnam).
MIA Fair: Singapore
24-26 October 2014
Milan Image Art Fair Looks to Singapore for its International Expansion
http://www.miafair.it/singapore/
Informations
FOST Gallery
1 Lock Road #01-02
Gillman Barracks
108932 Singapore
Tel / Phone 65 6694 3080
Email [email protected]
http://www.fostgallery.com
